Xenotrichula tentaculata Rao & Ganapati, 1968

Chatterjee, Tapas & Todaro, M. Antonio, 2021, An annotated checklist of the chaetonotidan Gastrotricha from India, Zootaxa 5027 (3), pp. 332-350 : 345-346

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scientific name	Xenotrichula tentaculata Rao & Ganapati, 1968
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Records from India. ANDHRA PRADESH: Visakhapatnam (Waltair) – Rao & Ganapati (1968); ODISHA: Puri, Konarak, Bahuda estuary— Rao (1969, 1989); GENERAL RECORD: Naidu & Rao (2004).

Habitat (as in Indian records). Marine, intertidal; coarse and medium sands near half tide level.

Distribution. India (Bay of Bengal).

Remarks. Morphometric data for this species have been provided only once; the description appears rather scanty but sufficient to identify the species.

References

Naidu, K. V. & Rao, G. C. (2004) Gastrotricha. In: Fauna of India and the adjacent countries. Zoological Survey of India, Kol- kata, pp. 169.

Rao, G. C. & Ganapati P. N. (1968) The interstitial fauna inhabiting beach sands of Waltair coast. Proceedings of the National Institute of Sciences of India, 34 B, 82 - 125.

Rao, G. C. (1969) The marine interstitial fauna inhabiting the beach sands of Orissa coast. Journal of Zoological Society of India, 21, 89 - 104.

Rao, G. C. (1989) Interstitial Meiofauna. In: State Fauna Series 1. Fauna of Orissa. Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta, pp. 20 - 32.