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Four New Records of Brachyuran Crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from India

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The present study is a part of long term ongoing study on brachyuran crab diversity of India. The specimens were collected from intertidal zone as well as from the fisheries by-catch captured using commercial trawler. The specimens were identified up to species level using standard literature. From the collection, four species of brachyuran crabs, Schizophrys pakistanensis Tirmizi & Kazmi, 1995 (Majidae), Macromedaeus voeltzkowi (Lenz, 1905) (Xanthidae), Pseudosesarma brehieri Ng, 2018 (Sesarmidae) and Ilyograpsus paludicola (Rathbun, 1909) (Macrophthalmidae) are first time reported from India. The present study records significant expansion in the distribution range of these species. The diagnostic characteristics and remarks on the taxonomy and distribution of each species are given in this paper.

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  1. Department of Life Sciences, Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University, Patan, Gujarat, India

    Jigneshkumar Trivedi & Pooja Patel

  2. Zoological Survey of India, F.P.S. Building, 27 J. L. Nehru Road, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700016, India

    Santanu Mitra

  3. Marine Biodiversity and Ecology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat, India

    Swapnil Gosavi & Kauresh Vachhrajani

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Trivedi, J., Mitra, S., Patel, P. et al. Four New Records of Brachyuran Crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from India. Thalassas 37, 235–242 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41208-020-00252-6

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