First record of buckler crab Cryptopodia angulata (Decapoda: Brachyura: Parthenopidae) from Chennai coast (Bay of Bengal), India

In this study, we report a buckler crab, Cryptopodia angulata, for the first time from Kasimedu fishing harbor, Chennai, Southeast coast of India. This crab occurs only, rarely, in Indian coastal waters. This is the first report from Chennai coastal waters . External characteristics were examined an...

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Main Authors: Krishnan Silambarasan, Arumugam Sundaramanickam, Krishnamoorthy Sujatha, Palaniswamy Senthilkumaar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-03-01
Series:Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2287884X15000102