Check List 11(1): e19142, doi: 10.15560/11.1.1544
Vallicula multiformis Rankin, 1956 (Ctenophora, Platyctenida): first record from the Indian Ocean
expand article infoAmruta Prasade‡, Deepak Apte‡, Purushottam Kale§, Otto M.P. Oliveira|
‡ Bombay Natural History Society, India§ Ramniranjan Jhunjhunwala College, India| Universidade Federal do ABC, Brazil

Corresponding author: Amruta Prasade ( amrutaprsade@gmail.com )

© 2017 Amruta Prasade, Deepak Apte, Purushottam Kale, Otto Oliveira.
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Citation: Prasade A, Kale P, Apte D, Oliveira O (2015) Vallicula multiformis Rankin, 1956 (Ctenophora, Platyctenida): first record from the Indian Ocean. Check List 11(1): 1544. https://doi.org/10.15560/11.1.1544
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Abstract
The benthic ctenophore Vallicula multiformis Rankin, 1956 is recorded for the first time in the Arabian Sea, from the Gulf of Kutch, west coast of India in March 2013. This occurrence represents a remarkable extension of its geographic distribution that until now included only known the Pacific and Atlantic oceans.
Keywords
ctenophore; India; west coast; Gulf of Kutch; Gujarat