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A new species of portunid crab of the genus Charybdis (De Haan, 1833) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from Goa, India

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Title A new species of portunid crab of the genus Charybdis (De Haan, 1833) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from Goa, India
 
Creator Padate, V.P.
Rivonker, C.U.
Anil, A.C.
Sawant, S.S.
Venkat, K.
 
Subject marine crustaceans
Charibdis goanesis
portunid crab
 
Description A new species of portunid crab, Charybdis (Charybdis) goaensis sp. nov. is described from Goa, west coast of India. It differs from its closest congener, Charybdis (Charybdis) philippinensis in possessing bluntly triangular median frontal teeth, wide U-shaped notches separating the sub-median and lateral frontal teeth, wide notches separating antero-lateral teeth, and granular tuberosity on cardiac region of carapace. A taxonomic key to 43 species of the sub-genus Charybdis including the newly described species is also provided
 
Date 2010-10-07T09:25:37Z
2010-10-07T09:25:37Z
2010
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Marine Biology Research, vol.6(6); 579-590
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/3724
 
Language en
 
Rights The final and definitive form of the preprint has been published in the "Marine Biology Research" ? 2010 Taylor & Francis; "Marine Biology Research" is available online at http://www.informaworld.com/ with open URL of artilce : http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=1745-1019&volume=6&spage=579
 
Publisher Taylor & Francis