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

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
Subjects:
Chennai coast
Cryptopodia angulata
Kasimedu fishing harbor
New record
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2287884X15000102
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spelling doaj-6dab7b01bd7e4f528ef4e5256ba4df232021-04-02T10:46:55ZengElsevierJournal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity2287-884X2015-03-018110210410.1016/j.japb.2015.02.002First record of buckler crab Cryptopodia angulata (Decapoda: Brachyura: Parthenopidae) from Chennai coast (Bay of Bengal), IndiaKrishnan Silambarasan0Arumugam Sundaramanickam1Krishnamoorthy Sujatha2Palaniswamy Senthilkumaar3Post Graduate and Research Department of Zoology, Sir Theagaraya College, Chennai, IndiaCentre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Annamalai University, Parangipettai, IndiaD.R. M.G.R. Educational and Research Institute (University), Chennai, IndiaPost Graduate and Research Department of Zoology, Sir Theagaraya College, Chennai, IndiaIn 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 and are illustrated.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2287884X15000102Chennai coastCryptopodia angulataKasimedu fishing harborNew record
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author Krishnan Silambarasan
Arumugam Sundaramanickam
Krishnamoorthy Sujatha
Palaniswamy Senthilkumaar
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Arumugam Sundaramanickam
Krishnamoorthy Sujatha
Palaniswamy Senthilkumaar
First record of buckler crab Cryptopodia angulata (Decapoda: Brachyura: Parthenopidae) from Chennai coast (Bay of Bengal), India
Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity
Chennai coast
Cryptopodia angulata
Kasimedu fishing harbor
New record
author_facet Krishnan Silambarasan
Arumugam Sundaramanickam
Krishnamoorthy Sujatha
Palaniswamy Senthilkumaar
author_sort Krishnan Silambarasan
title First record of buckler crab Cryptopodia angulata (Decapoda: Brachyura: Parthenopidae) from Chennai coast (Bay of Bengal), India
title_short First record of buckler crab Cryptopodia angulata (Decapoda: Brachyura: Parthenopidae) from Chennai coast (Bay of Bengal), India
title_full First record of buckler crab Cryptopodia angulata (Decapoda: Brachyura: Parthenopidae) from Chennai coast (Bay of Bengal), India
title_fullStr First record of buckler crab Cryptopodia angulata (Decapoda: Brachyura: Parthenopidae) from Chennai coast (Bay of Bengal), India
title_full_unstemmed First record of buckler crab Cryptopodia angulata (Decapoda: Brachyura: Parthenopidae) from Chennai coast (Bay of Bengal), India
title_sort first record of buckler crab cryptopodia angulata (decapoda: brachyura: parthenopidae) from chennai coast (bay of bengal), india
publisher Elsevier
series Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity
issn 2287-884X
publishDate 2015-03-01
description 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 and are illustrated.
topic Chennai coast
Cryptopodia angulata
Kasimedu fishing harbor
New record
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2287884X15000102
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