Charybdis ( Goniohellenus ) smithii McLeay, 1838

Gokul, A., 2017, Taxonomy and ecology of brachyuran crabs in Sunderbans, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (2), pp. 131-139 : 135

7. Charybdis ( Goniohellenus) smithii McLeay, 1838

1861. Goniosoma truncata, A. M. Edwards, Arch. Mus. Hist. nat. 10:

380, pl. 34, Fig. 4.

1952. Charybdis ( Goniohellenus) edwardsii, Leene and Buitendijk ,

Zool. mededlingen Deel, 31:213

1967. Charybdis smithii, McLeay, J. Nat. Hist. , 1: 285-288.

Materials: Total three examples. KN 1748, Coll. A. Gokul, 3.8.11, Fresergunj Harbour, 1 ex;

KN 1752, Coll. A. Gokul, 7.8.11, Fresergunj Harbour, 2 exs.

Characters: Posterior border of carapace straight and forms an angular junction with postero-lateral borders. Anterolateral spines were square cut and serrated. Posterior border of carapace characteristically

Distribution: In both the Indian coasts. Elsewhere: Myanmar.