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New record of brachyuran crabs from the Chennai coast

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Title New record of brachyuran crabs from the Chennai coast
 
Creator Pillai, S Lakshmi
Thirumilu, P
 
Subject Crabs
 
Description Three species of brachyuran crabs from two families, Jonas indica (Chopra, 1935) belonging to the family
Corystidae, and Demania baccalipes (Alcock, 1898) and D. indiana Deb, 1986 belonging to the family Xanthidae, are reported for the first time from the Chennai coast. The crabs were obtained from a depth of 30-60 m in the trawl bycatch. The morphological features, colour and distribution of these crabs are given.
 
Publisher MBAI
 
Date 2008
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/2165/1/Pillai_238-240.pdf
Pillai, S Lakshmi and Thirumilu, P (2008) New record of brachyuran crabs from the Chennai coast. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 50 (2). pp. 238-240.