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New record of the sympatric distribution of two Asian species of the horseshoe crab

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Title New record of the sympatric distribution of two Asian species of the horseshoe crab
 
Creator Chatterji, A.
 
Subject geographical distribution
new records
sympatric populations
Tachypleus gigas
Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda
 
Description The co-existence of two species of horseshoe crabs Tachypleus gigas and Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda along the Orissa and West Bengal Coast, India is reported. The study revealed that the two species were sympatric. The sympatric distribution of both the species is the first record and important clue to evolution of these two species.
 
Date 2009-01-10T11:51:52Z
2009-01-10T11:51:52Z
1999
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Current Science, Vol.77; 746-747p.
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/1863
 
Language en
 
Rights Copyright [1999]. All efforts have been made to respect the copyright to the best of our knowledge. Inadvertent omissions, if brought to our notice, stand for correction and withdrawal of document from this repository.
 
Publisher Current Science Association, Bangalore, India