Platydoris Striata
''Platydoris striata'' is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Discodorididae.Rosenberg, G. (2015)''Platydoris striata''.In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-05-11 Distribution This species was described from Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ... (Ceylon). It is reported from the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean.Rudman, W.B., 2000 (October 3''Platydoris striata'' (Kelaart, 1858). nSea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q14117040 Discodorididae Gastropods described in 1858 ...
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Edward Frederick Kelaart
Lieutenant Colonel Edward Frederick Kelaart (21 November 1819 – 31 August 1860) was a Ceylonese-born physician and naturalist. He made some of the first systematic studies from the region and described many plants and animals from Sri Lanka. Biography Edward Frederick (sometimes spelt Fredric) Kelaart was born on 21 November 1819 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The family was of Dutch and German heritage. He was the oldest son of William Henry Kelaart and Anna Frederika. William worked as an assistant apothecary to the forces. The family had settled in Sri Lanka around 1726. At the age of sixteen, Edward joined the Ceylon government as a medical assistant. In 1838 he went to study at the University of Edinburgh, receiving an MD from the Royal College of Surgeons in 1841. He returned to Ceylon to become a Staff Assistant Surgeon in the Army in 1841 and was posted in 1843 to Gibraltar as an Army Surgeon. He published ''Flora Calpensis'', the flora of Gibraltar, in 1845. He was elected Fel ...
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