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Melanochlamys bengalensis
December 12 , 2022
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- Zoologists has discovered a new species of head-shield sea slug from the coast of Bay of Bengal near Digha, Talasari-Udaypur and its adjoining places.
- It is named Melanochlamys bengalensis.
- The new species represents a distinct clade as compared to other species of the same genus.
- It is a small sea slug having a length up to 14 mm with shell inside body and no backbone (invertebrate).
- There are 17 species of this genus found around the globe.
- All these species are generally distributed in temperate regions of the Indo-Pacific Oceanic realm.
- This is the second truly tropical species after Melanochlamys papillata from the Gulf of Thailand.
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