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First record of marine crab, Eucrate alcocki Serène, in Serène and Lohavanijaya, 1973 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Euryplacidae) from India

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This paper reports the occurrence of a marine brachyuran crab species Eucrate alcocki Serène, in Serène et al., 1973, of the family Euryplacidae Stimpson, 1871, for first time from India, based on a male specimen from Parangipettai fish landing centre in Bay of Bengal, Southeast Coast of India. Although morphologically corresponding with what is currently defined as E. alcocki, the color pattern of the carapace of the present specimen is rather different from that of the Chinese material-only the anterior fifth of the carapace is marked with scattered red spots, the rest of the surface is yellowish, with four unusually shaped red blotches which almost look like Sanskrit characters.

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  1. Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Annamalai University, Parangipettai, 608502, Tamil Nadu, India

    M. Rajkumar & K. P. Kumaraguru Vasagam

  2. Integrated Aquaculture International, 3303 West Twelfth Street, Hastings, NE, 68902-0609, USA

    K. P. Kumaraguru Vasagam

  3. Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China

    M. Rajkumar, Xinzheng Li  (李新正) & Jun Sun  (孙军)

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Supported by the Knowledge Innovation Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Nos.KZCX2-YW-213, and O72715)

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Rajkumar, M., Kumaraguru Vasagam, K.P., Li, X. et al. First record of marine crab, Eucrate alcocki Serène, in Serène and Lohavanijaya, 1973 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Euryplacidae) from India. Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 27, 832–834 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-009-0133-9

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