Ribbon worms are mostly free-living benthic invertebrates, which are one of the least studied groups along the Indian coast. A single specimen of a rare heteronemertean, Evelineus mcintoshii was collected from the mussel beds of eastern Arabian Sea. The present article gives a first report of this species from Karnataka coast and second occurrence along the eastern Arabian Sea as well as from the Indian coast.

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对 Evelineus mcintoshii (Langerhans, 1880) (Nemertea, Heteronemertea, Lineidae) 沿东阿拉伯海分布的见解

带状蠕虫主要是自由生活的底栖无脊椎动物，它们是印度海岸研究最少的群体之一。从东阿拉伯海的贻贝床中收集了一个罕见的异形目 Evelineus mcintoshii 的单个标本。本文首次报道了该物种来自卡纳塔克邦海岸，第二次出现在阿拉伯海东部以及印度海岸。