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First report of a deep sea spider crab, <i>Encephaloides armstrongi </i> Wood-Mason and Alcock, 1891 from Gujarat waters of India
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First report of a deep sea spider crab, Encephaloides armstrongi Wood-Mason and Alcock, 1891 from Gujarat waters of India
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| Creator |
Dash, Gyanaranjan
Koya, Mohammed K. Makwana, Nayan P. |
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| Subject |
Deep sea spider crab
Encephaloides armstrongi Veraval Gujarat |
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| Description |
982-985
A single specimen of the male crab (3.0 cm carapace length and 3.8 g body weight) was collected from the incidental catch sample of a multiday trawler operating at a depth range of 107-132 m off Gujarat coast of India. The detailed morphometric measurements and diagnostic features with updated systematics have been presented in this paper. The crab has well devolved branchial region and thrive in the oxygen minimum zone of the sea. |
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2017-05-08T08:47:09Z
2017-05-08T08:47:09Z 2017-05 |
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Article
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0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/41657 |
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en_US
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| Rights |
 CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
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| Publisher |
NISCAIR-CSIR, India
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| Source |
IJMS Vol.46(05) [May 2017]
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