Xiphonectes tuberculosus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1861)

Ng, Peter K. L., Priyaja, P., Kumar, A. Biju & Devi, S. Suvarna, 2019, A collection of crabs (Crustacea, Brachyura) from the southwestern coast of India, with a discussion of the systematic position of Nectopanope Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891 (Euryplacidae), ZooKeys 818, pp. 1-24 : 3

Xiphonectes tuberculosus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1861) Fig. 1E

Material examined.

1 male (21.1 × 12.4 mm), 1 female (18.6 × 10.1 mm), 7°27.978'N, 77°32.297'E, 200 m.

Remarks.

This species was described from Hawaii but has since been reported from all across the Indo-West Pacific to Madagascar (A. Milne-Edwards 1861; Stephenson 1972a; Davie 1987). In India, it has previously been reported from Tamil Nadu and the Andaman Sea ( Alcock 1894, 1899b; Dev Roy 2015; Dev Roy and Nandi 2007, 2012).