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First report of Spotted reef crab off Vizhinjam coast

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Title First report of Spotted reef crab off Vizhinjam coast
 
Creator Raju, B
Raheem, P K
Anil, M K
Saleela, K N
 
Subject New record
Crabs
 
Description Carpilius maculatus (Linnaeus, 1758), commonly
known as ‘Seven-eleven crab’, ‘Spotted reef crab’,
‘Dark finger coral crab’, or ‘Large spotted crab’ is a
member of the family Carpiliidae. One male specimen
of the spotted reef crab C. maculatus measuring 130
mm in carapace width was caught by a bottom set
gill net along with Portunus sanguinolentus from the
rocky area in Vizhinjam coastal waters.
 
Publisher Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2015
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/10970/1/225-12.pdf
Raju, B and Raheem, P K and Anil, M K and Saleela, K N (2015) First report of Spotted reef crab off Vizhinjam coast. Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical and Extension Series (225). pp. 23-24. ISSN 0254-380 X