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Rare occurrence of two stomatopod species from Chennai coast

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Title Rare occurrence of two stomatopod species from Chennai coast
 
Creator Divipala, Indira
Thirumilu, P
 
Subject Rare occurrence
Stomatopods
 
Description A total of 37 species of stomatopods belonging
to the family Squillidae are known to occur in the
seas around India of which, 17 species are recorded
from Chennai coast. While observing the routine
trawl landings at Kasimedu Fisheries Harbour, on
20th September 2012, two specimens of
stomatopods, which differed from the usual species
landed were collected (Fig. 1 & 2). On close
examination, they were identified as Carcinosquilla
multicarinata (White, 1848) and Clorida latreillei
(Eydoux & Souleyet, 1841). The total length of the
former species was 105 mm and the latter 96 mm.
Both the specimens were females and hauled from
a depth of 40 m off Chennai.
 
Publisher Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2013
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/9442/1/23.pdf
Divipala, Indira and Thirumilu, P (2013) Rare occurrence of two stomatopod species from Chennai coast. Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical and Extension Series (215). p. 33.