taxonID	type	description	language	source
C50E0E34FFB2D415FF3EFA05FB4CFC75.taxon	description	Synonyms: 1876, Polynoe cristata Grube, Jahres-Bericht der, Schlesiche, Gesellschaft für vaterländische Cultur, Breslau, 53: 46 – 72.1901. 1901, L. cristatus Gravier, 210, pl. 7 figs. 104 – 110, pl. 9 fig. 136, text-figs. 214 – 218; 1953, Fauvel, 35, fig. 13 n; 1967, Day, 82, fig. I. 14. f – i. Material examined: 02 ex. Kavaratti (10 ° 32.995 ” N; 072 ° 37.448 ” E), October 30, 2019, and 01 ex. Kalpeni (10 ° 05.551 ” N; 072 ° 38.673 ” E), October 27, 2019, Lakshadweep, coll. S. Balakrishnan; (ZSI / MARC / P 10801 and ZSI / MARC / P 10802) (Figure 2). Diagnostic characters: Body length 22.24 - 32.28 mm and its width 4.40 - 5.92 mm (Figure 2 a). The prostomium is partially obstructed by a square occipital fold but longer than broad (Figure 2 b). Median and lateral antennae are subequal. The anterior pair of eyes is large, and the posterior pair is smaller, closer together, and often hidden by the occipital fold. Elytra without margin fringes. Each elytron (Figure 2 c) palette is shaped with a dark mark over the elytrophore and two large soft cushions. The surface is covered with conical tubercles. Dorsal cirri resemble the antennae and extend to the neurosetae’s extremities. Notoseate (Figure 2 d) has short tips and is coarsely but closely serrated. Neurosetae (Figure 2 e) stout with numerous rows of spinules; most neurosetae are unidentate, but some have a very small secondary tooth. Occurrence: Global - Red Sea, Indo-Pacific Ocean (Day, 1967), China (Glasby et al., 2016), Western Australia (Day, 1975); India - Tamil Nadu, Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Sivadas & Carvalho, 2020). Remarks: The first distributional record to Kavaratti and Kalpeni, Lakshadweep Archipelago.	en	Pradhan, Jyoshna, Balakrishnan, S. (2024): A note on Lepidonotus cristatus (Grube, 1876) (Phyllodocida: Polynoidae) from Lakshadweep Archipelago, India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 124 (2): 139-143, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v124/i2/2024/172657
