First record of two rare brachyuran crabs: Drachiella morum Alcock, 1896 and Quadrella maculosa Alcock, 1898 along the Tamil Nadu coast, India
Viswanathan, C.; Goutham, S.; Deepak Samuel, V.; Krishnan, P.; Purvaja, R.; Ramesh, R. (2019). First record of two rare brachyuran crabs: Drachiella morum Alcock, 1896 and Quadrella maculosa Alcock, 1898 along the Tamil Nadu coast, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 11(10): 14358-14362. https://dx.doi.org/10.11609/jott.3076.11.10.14358-14362
In: Journal of Threatened Taxa. Wildlife Information Liaison Development/Zoo Outreach Organization: Coimbatore. ISSN 0974-7893; e-ISSN 0974-7907, more
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| Keywords |
Drachiella morum (Alcock, 1896) [WoRMS]; Quadrella maculosa Alcock, 1898 [WoRMS]
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Crab; morphological characters |
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- Viswanathan, C.
- Goutham, S.
- Deepak Samuel, V.
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- Krishnan, P.
- Purvaja, R.
- Ramesh, R.
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| Abstract |
The present report describes the first record of two brachyuran crabs, Drachiella morum Alcock, 1896 and Quadrella maculosa Alcock, 1898 along the coast of Tamil Nadu, India. The morphological characters of the specimens are described and discussed. Among the two crabs, Q. maculosa was previously recorded only in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands. |
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