A Possible New Record of a Species of Elysia (Mollusca, Heterobranchia) for India?: A Brief Discussion on Gaps in Taxonomy

• Florence Suganya R. ^[1] ; Pranjal Sharma ^[1] ; S. Prabakaran ^[1]
  1. [1] Marine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
• Localización: Thalassas: An international journal of marine sciences, ISSN 0212-5919, Vol. 40, Nº. 1 (March 2024), 2024, págs. 393-397
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • A species of Elysia cf. marginata was observed on Kurusadai Island, Gulf of Mannar. After an extensive literature review, it turns out that it is a possible new record for India, but only by default. Why by default? Elysia spp. have been plagued with species complexes which have been discussed time and again as delineated in our literature discussion. But whether the material was out of reach or lost in translation remains a mystery. This leads us to our current conundrum—the misdiagnosis of a species over time; a great void in scientific research and publication, which is causing scientists to go around in circles (possibly for decades). These stress the importance of database updation, accessibility and trained taxonomists in research.