Pilumnus longicornis Hilgendorf, 1878

Devi, S. Suvarna, Mendoza, Jose C. E., Ravinesh, R., Idress Babu, K. K., Kumar, A. Biju & Ng, Peter K. L., 2019, On a collection of brachyuran crabs from Lakshadweep, Indian Ocean (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura), Zootaxa 4613 (3), pp. 477-501 : 483

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scientific name	Pilumnus longicornis Hilgendorf, 1878
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Material examined. 1 ovigerous female (18.0 x 12.9 mm) (DABFUK), Amini, 26 May 2014.

Remarks. Pilumnus longicornis is widespread in the Indo-West Pacific ( Takeda & Miyake 1968), typically found at the edges of reefs. It has been previously recorded from Lakshadweep by Rao et al. (1989) and Venkataraman et al. (2004).

References

Rao, G. S., Suseelan, C. & Kathirvel, M. (1989) Crustacean resources of the Lakshadweep Islands Islands. In: Suseelan, C. (Ed.), Marine living resources of the Union Territory of Lakshadweep Islands: An Indicative Survey with Suggestions for Development. Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin, pp. 72 - 76.

Takeda, M. & Miyake, S. (1968) Pilumnid crabs of the family Xanthidae from the West Pacific. I. Twenty-three species of the genus Pilumnus, with description of four new species. OHMU, Occasional Papers of the Zoological Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, 1 (1), 1 - 60, figs. 1 - 13, pls. 1 - 4.

Venkataraman, K., Jeyabaskaran, R., Raghuram, K. P. & Alfred, J. R. B. (2004) Bibliography and checklist of corals and coral reef associated organisms of India. Records of Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper 226, 1 - 468.