Resumen de A New Record of Holothuriid Sea Cucumber, Bohadschia atra Massin, Rasolofonirina, Conand and Samyn, 1999 (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) from India

Manickam Nithyanandan, Nithyanandam Marimuthu

• The present study reports the occurrence of a holothuriid sea cucumber, Bohadschia atra Massin, Rasolofonirina, Conand and Samyn, 1999 from Agatti and Kadmat Islands in the Lakshadweep Archipelago, Arabian Sea. This is a new record to Indian waters and first known extension of its distribution apart from its type locatlity in Comoros Island, and other localities (Kenya,Tanzania and Madagascar) in the Western Indian Ocean