Metaplax intermedia de Man, 1888

Srivastava, O. P., 2017, Marine and estuarine crabs of Digha coast, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1), pp. 49-72 : 64

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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13184089

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scientific name

Metaplax intermedia de Man, 1888
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46. Metaplax intermedia de Man, 1888 View in CoL

1888. Metaplax intermedius de Man. J. Linn. Soc. Zool. , 22: 166, pl. 11, figs. 7 - 9.

1900. Metaplax intermedia Alcock, J, Asiat. Soc. Bengal , 69 (2): 435.

2001. Metaplax intermedia : Dev Roy and Bhadra, Zool. Surv. India Estuarine Ecosystem Series 4: Fauna of Godavari estuary: 48.

Material examined: 1ex., Digha, 18.ii.1998,Coll: O.P.S. (Reg.no.A-4411).

Diagnosis: The anterolateral border of the cararapce cut into 5 or 6 small even teeth at its inner end. Chelipeds unequal in male; dactylus hooked with a prominent lobe. Male abdomen consisting of seven distinct segments.

Distribution: India: Andhra Pradesh (Godavari Delta), Odisha (Chandipur) and West Bengal (Digha, Sunderban). Elsewhere: Myanmar.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Varunidae

Genus

Metaplax

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