Parthenope longimanus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Srivastava, O. P., 2017, Marine and estuarine crabs of Digha coast, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1), pp. 49-72 : 57-58

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https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117284

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scientific name

Parthenope longimanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
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19. Parthenope longimanus (Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL *

(Plate 1, Figure 8)

1758. Cancer longimanus Linnaeus , Mus . Ludovici Ulrici:

441.

1895. Lambrus longimanus Alcock, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal , 64 (2): 260.

2001. Parthenope (Parthenope) longimanus : Dev Roy and Bhadra, Zool. Surv. India Estuarine Ecosystem Series 4: Fauna of Godavari Estuary: 39.

2005. Parthenope longimanus : Dev Roy and Bhadra S, Zool. Surv. India, State Fauna Series 5: Fauna of Andhra Pradesh (Pt 5): 412.

Material examined: 4exs. Digha Mohana, 05.iii.2015, Coll: O.P.S. (Reg. no. A-4370, 4349); 2exs., Shankarpur,

20.v.2014, Coll: O.P.S. (Reg. no. A-4320 & A-4391).

Diagnosis: Carapace pentagonal, its surface rough with fine granules and tubercles of different size. Rostrum short and tri-lobed. Chelipeds long, more massive to ambulatory legs.

Distribution: India: Andaman Islands, Andhra Pradesh (West Godavari), Odisha (Gopalpur coast), Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal (Digha, Shankarpur). Elsewhere: Australia, Ambon, Gulf of Celebes, Japan, Java, Mauritius, Moluccas, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Thailand.

Remarks: This species is reported new to this area.

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