Abstract
ABSTRACT A new species of the head-shield sea slug is described herein from an examination of the morphological and anatomical characters. A molecular analysis supported the novel status of the species. This species is named Melanochlamys droupadi n. sp. in the honour of the Hon'ble president of India, Shrimati (Mrs) Droupadi Murmu. It is the second species from the Indian region and the third true tropical species. All the specimens were collected from the Digha coast of West Bengal and the Udaipur coast of Odisha state, along the north-western Bay of Bengal. ZooBank registration number with the article number as: http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:CB84F7F1-5EA7-4631-AFA0-0E057D8380FE
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