First Report of Hesione paulayi Salazar-Vallejo, 2018 (Phyllodocida: Hesionidae) from the Indian Ocean with a Note and key to identification of Indian waters species of the genus Hesione Lamarck, 1818

This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Pradhan, Jyoshna, S, Balakrishnan (2024): First Report of Hesione paulayi Salazar-Vallejo, 2018 (Phyllodocida: Hesionidae) from the Indian Ocean with a Note and key to identification of Indian waters species of the genus Hesione Lamarck, 1818. Species (e 4 s 1623) 25 (75): 1-6, DOI: 10.54905/disssi.v25i75.e4s1623, URL: doi.org/10.54905/disssi.v25i75.e4s1623 ABSTRACT The present paper on Hesionid polychaete Hesione paulayi Salazar-Vellejo, 2018 is reported from India for the first time and the specimen was collected from Kavaravati, Lakshadweep.

The diagnostic characters include the presence of numerous dorsal discontinuous longitudinal bands; prostomium curved; dorsal cirriphore twice; large acicula blackish and acicular lobe double; absence of palp; neurochaetal blades bidentate and parapodia with dorsal cirri. The genus inhabits soft and hard bottoms, in intertidal and infra coastal zones of the Indian coast. A key to Hesione species from India is also included.