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First records of four species of Petrolisthes (Decapoda: Anomura: Porcellanidae) in Lakshadweep, India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 March 2013

Sanjeevi Prakash ,
Thipramalai Thangappanpillai Ajith Kumar ,
Mohan Gopi  and
Thangavel Balasubramanian
Sanjeevi Prakash*
Affiliation:
Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Annamalai University, Porto Novo - 608502, Tamilnadu, India
Thipramalai Thangappanpillai Ajith Kumar
Affiliation:
Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Annamalai University, Porto Novo - 608502, Tamilnadu, India
Mohan Gopi
Affiliation:
Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Annamalai University, Porto Novo - 608502, Tamilnadu, India
Thangavel Balasubramanian
Affiliation:
Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Annamalai University, Porto Novo - 608502, Tamilnadu, India
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: S. Prakash, Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Annamalai University, Porto Novo - 608502, Tamilnadu, India email: prakash.s1311@gmail.com
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Abstract

Four porcellanid species, Petrolisthes coccineus (Owen, 1839), P. lamarckii (Leach, 1820), P. moluccensis (De Man, 1888) and P. tomentosus (Dana, 1852), are reported on the basis of specimens collected from an intertidal area of Agatti Island, Lakshadweep Archipelago in south-western India. All the four species are recorded from the archipelago for the first time, and P. moluccensis is new to the Indian fauna. Morphological diagnoses, notes on the habitats and distributions are provided for the four species.

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CrustaceaPorcellanidaePetrolisthesnew recordLakshadweepIndia

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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 6 , 2013 , e47
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2013

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