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C50E0E34FFB2D415FF3EFA05FB4CFC75.text	C50E0E34FFB2D415FF3EFA05FB4CFC75.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Lepidonotus Leach 1816	<html xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3">
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            <p> Genus  Lepidonotus Leach, 1816</p>
            <p> Lepidonotus cristatus (Grube, 1876) (Figure 1). </p>
            <p> 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. </p>
            <p> 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 / P10801 and ZSI/ MARC / P10802) (Figure 2) . </p>
            <p>Diagnostic characters: Body length 22.24-32.28mm and its width 4.40-5.92mm (Figure 2a). The prostomium is partially obstructed by a square occipital fold but longer than broad (Figure 2b). 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 2c) 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 2d) has short tips and is coarsely but closely serrated. Neurosetae (Figure 2e) stout with numerous rows of spinules; most neurosetae are unidentate, but some have a very small secondary tooth.</p>
            <p>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 &amp; Carvalho, 2020).</p>
            <p>Remarks: The first distributional record to Kavaratti and Kalpeni, Lakshadweep Archipelago.</p>
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	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C50E0E34FFB2D415FF3EFA05FB4CFC75	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pradhan, Jyoshna;Balakrishnan, S.	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
