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Study of Color Morphs of Brachyuran crab <i>Etisus laevimanus </i>Randall, 1840

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Title Study of Color Morphs of Brachyuran crab Etisus laevimanus Randall, 1840
 
Creator Trivedi, J. N.
Vachhrajani, K. D.
 
Subject Brachyuran crab
Polymorphism
Etisus laevimanus
Saurashtra coast
 
Description 659-664
Present study consists the color
polymorphism in brachyuran crab Etisus
laevimanus Randall, 1840, which is common species found on the rocky shores
of indo-pacific region. Total 83 specimens were collected from four different
rocky shore sites of Saurashtra coast. Seven different morphs including orange
morph, orange morph with brown dots on carapace, green morph, white morph with
brown markings on carapace, yellow morph with brown markings on carapace,
orange morph with white stripe on carapace and green morph with black spot on
carapace were identified. Yellow morph with brown markings on carapace was the
most common morph while green morph with black spot on carapace was rare morph
found in the study area. Morphs also show peculiar micro habitat preference.
 
Date 2013-12-13T12:29:27Z
2013-12-13T12:29:27Z
2013-09
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/24795
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.42(5) [September 2013]