Macrophthalmus pectinipes Guerin, 1839

Srivastava, O. P., 2017, Marine and estuarine crabs of Digha coast, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1), pp. 49-72 : 69

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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13184117

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scientific name

Macrophthalmus pectinipes Guerin, 1839
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62. Macrophthalmus pectinipes Guerin, 1839 View in CoL .

1839. Macrophthalmus pectinipes Guerin, Voy, Favorite , p. 167, pl. 49.

1900 Macrophthalmus pectinipes Alcock, J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal , vol. 69 (2), p. 377.

1919 Macrophthalmus pectinipes : Kemp, Rec. Ind. Mus . vol. 26, p. 385.

1957 Macrophthalmus pectinipes : Chhapgar, Marine Crabs of Bombay State, p. 50, pl. 14.

1986. Macrophthalmus pectinipes : Deb, Chakrabarty & Choudhuri, J. Bengal Nat. Hist. Soc. 5: 60.

Material examined: None. Based on earlier report.

Diagnosis: Carapace subcircular in shape, surface with large granules. Lateral sides of carapace distinctly convergent. Anterolaeteral border with three acute teeth. Chelipeds unequal, Inner angle of wrist, upper proximal edge of palm serrated, palm smooth dectylus has a tooth at its basal end of cutting edge, fingers meet only at tips. Second and third pairs of legs very long and strong. The anterior edge of all joints and posterior edge of merus only spiny in adults and denticulate in youngs.

Distribution: India: Maharashtra ( Mumbai), Odisha, West Bengal (Sagar Is., Sundabans, Digha). Elsewhere: Karachi, Penang and Sind.

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