Ocypode macrocera (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)
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https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i2/2017/118011 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B0EF7B-FFAA-684B-FCD0-F9E0447A290A |
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Felipe |
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Ocypode macrocera (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) |
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11. Ocypode macrocera (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) View in CoL
1837. Ocypode macrocera, H. Milne Edwards, Hist. Nat. Crust. , 2:49
1986. Ocypode macrocera, Chakraborty, Choudary and Deb, J. Beng. Nat. Hist. Soc. , (NS), 5 (1): 56, 57 (Mangroves, Sunderbans, West Bengal)
2001. Ocypode macrocera, Ravichandran, Soundrapandian and Kannupandi, Indian J. Fish. , 48 (2): 222
Materials: Total 11 examples; KN 1638, Coll. A. Gokul,
16.9.10, Gangasagar, 07 exs; KN 1741, Coll. A. Gokul,
11.12.08, Jambudweep Island, 02 exs; KN 1742, Coll. A. Gokul, 30.7.11, Fresergunj Harbour, 01 ex; KN 1743, Coll. A. Gokul, 31.7.11, Fresergunj Harbour, 01 ex.
Characters: Carapace squarish, little convex, surface covered with small granules. Granules of the external maxillipeds are minute and less prominent. Fingers are broad, spatulate and lamellar right upto the tips.
legs conspicuously fringed with brushes of hairs. Sixth segment of male abdomen is almost equal to its width.
Distribution: Indian ocean, Godavari, Krishna, Nellore, Srikakulam, visakapatinam, Bitharkanika, Gopalpur coast, Chilka, Mahanadi estuary, Palk Bay, Gulf of Mannar, Bakkhali, Gangasagar.
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