Coleusia biannulata (Tyndale-Biscoe & George, 1962)

Kumar, Biju A., Kumar, M. Sushil & Galil, Bella S., 2013, Calappid and leucosiid crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from Kerala, India, with the description of a new species of Mursia Desmarest, 1823, from the Arabian Sea and redescription of M. bicristimana Alcock & Anderson, 1894, Zootaxa 3746 (4), pp. 529-551 : 545

Coleusia biannulata (Tyndale-Biscoe & George, 1962)

Leucosia longifrons var. neocaledonica Alcock, 1896: 218 (preoccupied name). Leucosia biannulata Tyndale-Biscoe & George, 1962: 92 , figs 4, 13a, b, 9.—Tirmizi & Kazmi 1988: 94, fig. 27 a–f. Leucosia longifrons —Chhapgar 1968: 610, pl. 1 b.

Coleusia biannulata —Galil 2006: 91, figs 1 a, 3 a, 4 a.

Kerala material examined. Neendakara, 08˚ 56 'N 76 ˚ 32 'E, 30–70 m, 5 June 2007, 3 ♂ (CW 19.3–20.3 mm); 27 Nov. 2007, 1 ♂ (CW 19.5 mm), 1 ♀ (CW 19.0 mm) (DABFUK).—Azhikkal, 11 ˚ 56 ’N 75 ˚ 17 ’E, 30–70 m, 31 Aug. 2007, 1 ♀ (CW 20.3 mm). (DABFUK).

Distribution. Recorded from Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Pakistan, and Palk Strait, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, (Galil, 2006). New record for Kerala.