New distribution record of Honeycomb Sabellaria miryaensis Parab & Gaikwad, 1990 (Polychaeta: Sabellariidae) from the Eastern coast of India, with the first-time report of the genus along the Odisha coast, Bay of Bengal

Abstract

In the paper, a taxonomic account of the honeycomb, Sabellaria miryaensis Parab & Gaikwad, 1990, is provided based on specimens collected during a daily routine local survey from the Gopalpur coast, Odisha, Bay of Bengal. The species of honeycomb worm was identified based on the morphological characters of the body and paleae structure. The species was formerly described from the Jakimirya, Ratnagiri, West Coast, but this present study represents the distributional record to the east coast of India.