Diversity and new records of intertidal hermit crabs of the genus Clibanarius (Crustacea: Decapoda: Diogenidae) from Gujarat coast off the northern Arabian Sea, with two new records for the mainland Indian coastline

Diversity and new records of intertidal hermit crabs of the genus Clibanarius (Crustacea: Decapoda: Diogenidae) from Gujarat coast off the northern Arabian Sea, with two new records for the mainland Indian coastline

The present study reports seven hermit crab species of the genus Clibanarius, viz., C. infraspinatus, C. longitarsus, C. rhabdodactylus, C. rutilus, C. signatus, C. virescens, and C. zebra, from the intertidal zone of Gujarat State on the west coast of India.  With the exception of C. zebra, the rem...

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Main Authors: Pradip Kachhiya, Jatin Raval, Paresh Poriya, Rahul Kundu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society 2017-06-01
Series:Journal of Threatened Taxa
Subjects:
anomura
diversity
hermit crabs
first records
gujarat coast
intertidal.
Online Access:https://www.threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/2268

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