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Record of a Xanthid Crab Euxanthus exsculptus (Herbst, 1790) (Decapoda, Brachyura, Xanthidae) Recovered from the Gut of Humpback Red Snapper, Lutjanus gibbus from the Southwest Coast of India

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Relation http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/15089/
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41208-021-00295-3
https://doi.org/10.1007/s41208-021-00295-3
 
Title Record of a Xanthid Crab Euxanthus exsculptus (Herbst, 1790) (Decapoda, Brachyura, Xanthidae) Recovered from the Gut of Humpback Red Snapper, Lutjanus gibbus from the Southwest Coast of India
 
Creator Balachandran, Radhika
Wilson, Livi
Zacharia, P U
Raghavan, Rajeev
Purushottama, G B
Sunil, K T S
 
Subject Decapods
Demersal Fishes
Snappers
 
Description This study reports the occurrence of xanthid crabs obtained from the gut of a commercially important species, humpback red snapper, Lutjanus gibbus sampled from coastal waters off Cochin, India. The recovered xanthid crabs were identified up to species level using standard literature and found out to be male specimens of Euxanthus exsculptus (Herbst 1790). The crabs had smooth and swollen bumps on the wide sub-hexagonal carapace, 12.90 mm length and in 19.02 mm width. This is the first report of the occurrence of E. exsculptus from the gut of Lutjanus gibbus caught off Kochi coast, India. Details of the diagnostic characteristics of this crab species are presented in this paper.
 
Date 2021
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Identifier Balachandran, Radhika and Wilson, Livi and Zacharia, P U and Raghavan, Rajeev and Purushottama, G B and Sunil, K T S (2021) Record of a Xanthid Crab Euxanthus exsculptus (Herbst, 1790) (Decapoda, Brachyura, Xanthidae) Recovered from the Gut of Humpback Red Snapper, Lutjanus gibbus from the Southwest Coast of India. Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences. pp. 1-5. ISSN 0212-5919