Vishal Bhave
Bombay Natural History Society
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ZooKeys | 2016
Tricia C. Goulding; Deepak Apte; Vishal Bhave; Joseph Comendador; Ngô Xuân Quang; Siong Kiat Tan; Shau Hwai Tan
Abstract In an effort to clarify the species diversity of onchidiid slugs, the taxonomy of the genus Onchidium Buchannan, 1800 is revised using an integrative approach. New, fresh specimens were collected in a large number of places, including type localities. The genus Onchidium is redefined here as a clade including only three species which are strongly supported by both morphological and molecular data. All three species were already named: the type species Onchidium typhae Buchannan, 1800, Onchidium stuxbergi (Westerlund, 1883), and Onchidium reevesii (J.E. Gray, 1850). With the exception of a re-description of Onchidium typhae published in 1869, all three species are re-described here for the first time. First-hand observations on the color variation of live animals in their natural habitat are provided. The anatomy of each species is described. Important nomenclatural issues are addressed. In particular, Labella Starobogatov, 1976 is regarded as a junior synonym of Onchidium and Labella ajuthiae (Labbé, 1935) and Onchidium nigrum (Plate, 1893) are regarded as junior synonyms of Onchidium stuxbergi. The nomenclatural status of several other species names is discussed as well. Many new records are provided across South-East Asia and precise ranges of geographic distributions are provided for the genus Onchidium and its three species. Distinctive features that help distinguish the genus Onchidium from other onchidiids are provided, as well as an identification key for the three species.
Marine Biodiversity Records | 2016
Jessica A. Goodheart; Ryan A. Ellingson; Xochitl G. Vital; Hilton C. Galvão Filho; Jennifer B. McCarthy; Sabrina Medrano; Vishal Bhave; Kimberly García-Méndez; Lina M. Jiménez; Gina López; Craig Hoover; Jaymes D. Awbrey; Jessika M. De Jesus; William Gowacki; Patrick J. Krug; Ángel Valdés
BackgroundThe Bocas del Toro Archipelago is located off the Caribbean coast of Panama. Until now, only 19 species of heterobranch sea slugs have been formally reported from this area; this number constitutes a fraction of total diversity in the Caribbean region.ResultsBased on newly conducted fieldwork, we increase the number of recorded heterobranch sea slug species in Bocas del Toro to 82. Descriptive information for each species is provided, including taxonomic and/or ecological notes for most taxa. The collecting effort is also described and compared with that of other field expeditions in the Caribbean and the tropical Eastern Pacific.ConclusionsThis increase in known diversity strongly suggests that the distribution of species within the Caribbean is still poorly known and species ranges may need to be modified as more surveys are conducted.
Journal of Natural History | 2017
Benoît Dayrat; Tricia C. Goulding; Deepak Apte; Vishal Bhave; Quảng Ngô Xuân
ABSTRACT The taxonomy of the Onchidiidae has remained extremely confusing for decades. As part of an on-going systematic revision of the entire family, a new genus, Melayonchis Dayrat and Goulding gen. nov., and four new species (Melayonchis eloisae Dayrat sp. nov., Melayonchis siongkiati Dayrat and Goulding sp. nov., Melayonchis annae Dayrat sp. nov., and Melayonchis aileenae Dayrat and Goulding sp. nov.) are described. Species are delineated using an integrative approach, based on morphological characters and DNA sequences. First-hand field observations and pictures of live animals are provided in order to help future species identification. All four Melayonchis species live in mangrove forests. The geographic distribution of Melayonchis ranges from the Andaman Sea to the South China Sea through the Strait of Malacca. Records are based on entirely new collections from the Andaman Islands, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei Darussalam and Vietnam. The nomenclature of all existing onchidiid species- and genus-group names from that region is addressed, as well as intraspecific character variation within Melayonchis. www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:671922DB-C6C1-44A5-B2CD-A3A3127CB668
Invertebrate Systematics | 2018
Tricia C. Goulding; Shau Hwai Tan; Siong Kiat Tan; Deepak Apte; Vishal Bhave; Sumantha Narayana; Rahul Salunkhe; Benoît Dayrat
Abstract. Peronina Plate, 1893 is a genus of onchidiids that live on the mud in mangrove forests. Peronina can be identified in the field by the lung opening at the margin between the ventral hyponotum and the dorsal notum, and by the distinctive scalloped notum edge. This genus was previously known only from the holotype of the type species, Peronina alta Plate, 1893, from eastern India. Onchidium tenerum Stoliczka, 1869 is moved to Peronina and applies to the same species as Peronina alta. Peronina species are described using an integrative approach (natural history, comparative anatomy and DNA sequences). Mitochondrial COI and 16S sequences and nuclear ITS2 and 28S sequences are used to independently test species boundaries. Mitochondrial sequences yielded three units separated by a large barcode gap, but nuclear sequences yielded two units. Because these two units are congruent with differences in the male copulatory apparatus, they are accepted as species. Explanations for highly divergent COI haplotypes within one species are discussed. Peronina tenera (Stoliczka, 1869) is distributed in the Bay of Bengal and the Strait of Malacca, while P. zulfigari Goulding & Dayrat, sp. nov. is endemic to the Strait of Malacca. The two species differ internally but are cryptic externally.
Marine Biodiversity Records | 2013
Amruta Prasade; Vishal Bhave; Bhavik Patel; Deepak Apte
The nudibranch Thordisa villosa is recorded for the first time from the west coast of India. It is the third known record of this species from India, observed after a long gap of 60 years. The last known record of this species from India was by Satyamurti (1952), from the Gulf of Mannar on the south-east coast. Specimens were collected in the intertidal rocky shores of Maharashtra and Gujarat. The occurrence of the species at three study sites confirms its range in this part of the Indian coastline.
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society | 2014
Leila Carmona; Vishal Bhave; Rahul Salunkhe; Marta Pola; Terrence M. Gosliner; Juan Lucas Cervera
Archive | 2010
Deepak Apte; Vishal Bhave; Dishant Parasharya
Journal of Threatened Taxa | 2012
Vishal Bhave; Deepak Apte
Journal of Threatened Taxa | 2015
Amruta Prasade; Bhavik Patel; Rahul Salunkhe; Vishal Bhave; Deepak Apte
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India | 2014
S. Chinnadurai; Vishal Bhave; Deepak Apte; K. S. Mohamed; Central Marine