Four New Records of Brachyuran Crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from India

• Jigneshkumar Trivedi ^[2] ; Santanu Mitra ^[3] ; Pooja Patel ^[2] ; Swapnil Gosavi ^[1] ; Kauresh Vachhrajani ^[1]
  1. [1] Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

     Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

     India

     
  2. [2] Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University
  3. [3] Zoological Survey of India, West Bengal

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• Localización: Thalassas: An international journal of marine sciences, ISSN 0212-5919, Vol. 37, Nº. 1, 2021, págs. 235-242
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The present study is a part of long term ongoing study on brachyuran crab diversity of India. The specimens were collected from intertidal zone as well as from the fisheries by-catch captured using commercial trawler. The specimens were identified up to species level using standard literature. From the collection, four species of brachyuran crabs, Schizophrys pakistanensis Tirmizi & Kazmi, 1995 (Majidae), Macromedaeus voeltzkowi (Lenz, 1905) (Xanthidae), Pseudosesarma brehieri Ng, 2018 (Sesarmidae) and Ilyograpsus paludicola (Rathbun, 1909) (Macrophthalmidae) are first time reported from India. The present study records significant expansion in the distribution range of these species. The diagnostic characteristics and remarks on the taxonomy and distribution of each species are given in this paper.