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Range Extension of Two Brachyuran Crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda), Acanthonyx inglei Tirmizi & Kazmi, 1988 (Epialtidae) and Scalopidia indica Ng & Castro, 2013 (Scalopidiidae) in India

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Two species of brachyura, Acanthonyx inglei Tirmizi & Kazmi, 1988 (Epialtidae) and Scalopidia indica Ng and Castro (Scalopidiidae) are recorded for first time from the coastal waters of India. Acanthonyx inglei has so far been reported only from Pakistan, while Scalopidia indica has so far been reported from Andaman Sea.

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Acknowledgements

Authors are thankful to Mr. Dixit Patel and Ms. Barkha Purohit for field work assistance and to Ms. Dhruva Trivedi for sketch preparation.

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This study was funded by Earth System Sciences Organization (ESSO), Ministry of Earth Sciences, New Delhi, India under the research project entitled “Studies on Brachyuran crabs of Saurashtra coast” (Sanction No.: MoES/16/06/2013-RDEAS of 11–11-2014).

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

    Jigneshkumar Trivedi

  2. Marine Biodiversity and Ecology Lab., Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat, -390002, India

    Swapnil Gosavi & Kauresh Vachhrajani

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Trivedi, J., Gosavi, S. & Vachhrajani, K. Range Extension of Two Brachyuran Crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda), Acanthonyx inglei Tirmizi & Kazmi, 1988 (Epialtidae) and Scalopidia indica Ng & Castro, 2013 (Scalopidiidae) in India. Thalassas 34, 305–309 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41208-018-0065-2

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