Plagusia squamosa (Herbst, 1790)

Devi, S. Suvarna, Mendoza, Jose C. E., Ravinesh, R., Idress Babu, K. K., Kumar, A. Biju & Ng, Peter K. L., 2019, On a collection of brachyuran crabs from Lakshadweep, Indian Ocean (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura), Zootaxa 4613 (3), pp. 477-501 : 490

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4613.3.4
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scientific name	Plagusia squamosa (Herbst, 1790)
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Material examined. 1 male (36.6 x 35.4 mm) ( DABFUK), Kavaratti, 13 October 2014 ; 1 female (21.2 x 18.7 mm) ( DABFUK), Kilton, 20 October 2014 ; 2 females (20.5 x 19.2 mm, 13.02 x 12.98 mm) ( DABFUK), Androth, 2 February 2015 .

Remarks. This species was also seen in the islands of Amini, Bitra, Chetlat, Kadamat, Kalpeni and Minicoy, but specimens were not collected. Schubart & Ng (2000) showed that the better known name, Plagusia tuberculata Lamarck, 1818 , is a junior synonym of P. squamosa (Herbst, 1790) . The species has a wide Indo-West Pacific distribution ( Crosnier 1965; Schubart & Ng 2000).

References

Crosnier, A., (1965) Crustaces Decapodes, Grapsidae et Ocypodidae. Faune de Madagascar, Tananarive, 18, 1 - 143, pls. 1 - 11.

Schubart, C. & Ng, P. K. L. (2000) On the identities of the rafting crabs Cancer depressus Fabricius, 1775, Cancer squamosus Herbst, 1790, Plagusia immaculata Lamarck, 1818, and Plagusia tuberculata Lamarck, 1818 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Plagusiidae). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 48 (2), 327 - 336.