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First Record of Red Frog Crab Ranina ranina (Linnaeus, 1758) (Brachyura: Raninidae) from South West Coast of India

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Title First Record of Red Frog Crab Ranina ranina (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Brachyura: Raninidae) from South West Coast of India
 
Creator Raheem, P K
Raju, B
Ambarish, Gop P
Anil, M K
Gomathi, P
Surya, S
Saleela, K N
 
Subject New record
Crabs
Taxonomy
 
Description The present report is the first record of the Ranina ranina (Linnaeus, 1758) from
vizhinjam, Thiruvanathapuram, Kerala located along the south-west coast of India. A specimen of
Ranina ranina measuring 108 mm in carapace width were caught by a bottom set gill net operated
along the Vizhinjam coastal waters in February 2018. Identification and description of the
recorded crab, photographs and measurments of the single specimen. This is the first record of
the Red frog crab Ranina ranina from the south west coast of India. Earlier it is reported from the
South East coast, Gulf of Mannar, India.
 
Publisher Research Trend
 
Date 2018
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/13048/1/Ambarish%20P%20Gop_2018_Bio%20Bulletin_First%20record_Red%20frog%20crab.pdf
Raheem, P K and Raju, B and Ambarish, Gop P and Anil, M K and Gomathi, P and Surya, S and Saleela, K N (2018) First Record of Red Frog Crab Ranina ranina (Linnaeus, 1758) (Brachyura: Raninidae) from South West Coast of India. Bio Bulletin, 4 (2). pp. 13-16. ISSN 2454-7913