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The paper describes four juvenile stages referable to the apodous holothurianPatinapta ooplax (Marenzeller), collected in the intertidal sands of Andaman Islands. A comparison of these juvenile stages with adult specimens known in literature, suggests that the present specimens represent successive growth stages in the development of the species. A preliminary account on autecology of these animals is given.
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Communicated by Dr. B. S. Chauhan,f.a.sc.
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Chandrasekhara Rao, G. Occurrence of some juvenile stages referable to the apodous holothurianPatinapta opplax (Marenzeller) in the intertidal sands of Andaman Islands. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 77, 225–233 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03045594
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03045594