A New Record of Symbiotic Crab (Harrovia elegans de Man, 1887) from the Gulf of Mannar, India

• Shilpa Jose ^[1] ; Ranjeet Kutty ^[1]
  1. [1] Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies
• Localización: Thalassas: An international journal of marine sciences, ISSN 0212-5919, Vol. 36, Nº. 2, 2020, págs. 585-588
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The present study deals with the first record of symbiotic crab Harrovia elegans de Man 1887 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Pilumnidae) collected from Tuticorin and Mandapam regions of Gulf of Mannar during February 2019. This crab species affiliates to family Pilumnidae, under the Decapoda infra-order Brachyura and is for the first time reported from the Indian mainland. The present specimens (One adult male, one adult female and a sub-adult) were collected from a depth of 5 m and showing symbiotic association with the crinoids, Comanthus wahlbergii. Although widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific region, this is the first report of this species from the Indian mainland.