Namalycastis jaya is a species of brackish-water polychaete worm in the family Nereididae known from the southern coast of Kerala in southwest India.
| Namalycastis jaya | |
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| Anterior end of N. jaya | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
| Subclass: | Errantia |
| Order: | Phyllodocida |
| Family: | Nereididae |
| Genus: | Namalycastis |
| Species: | N. jaya
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| Binomial name | |
| Namalycastis jaya Magesh, Kvist & Glasby, 2012
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| Collection localities of N. jaya | |
Type locality: Thiruvananthapuram coast, Kerala, India, 8°36'57.47"N, 76°49'8.914"E
Etymology: The worm is named for Tamil Nadu Chief minister J. Jayalalitha who developed education in Tamil Nadu.[1]
References
edit- ^ Magesh, Mathan; Kvist, Sebastian; Glasby, Chris (2012). "Description and phylogeny of Namalycastis jaya sp. n. (Polychaeta, Nereididae, Namanereidinae) from the southwest coast of India". ZooKeys (238): 31–43. Bibcode:2012ZooK..238...31M. doi:10.3897/zookeys.238.4014. PMC 3496943. PMID 23226706.
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