Hello Raman
This would be a Chaetognatha (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaetognatha). Many species with pelagic way of life, but some benthic. I cannot help with the species name, for I'm not familiar with species from yur faunal region.
best wishes from Amsterdam
Ton van Haaren
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Van: annelida-bounces from oat.bio.indiana.edu [annelida-bounces from oat.bio.indiana.edu] namens Raman Akkur [akkur.v.raman from gmail.com]
Verzonden: woensdag 27 juni 2018 9:28
Aan: Annelida from magpie.bio.indiana.edu
Onderwerp: [Annelida] Specimen from Indian coast
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our coastal monitoring studies along east peninsular Indian coast (Bay of
Bengal), we came across several specimens, 50 or so (pl see the attachment)
collected from soft sediments using a van Veen Grab (Hydrobios) at depths
10-30m. We tried identifying the specimen but failed. We even made an
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identification. I would be glad to receive questions if any on this.
Please let me know.
Thank you and with kind regards
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