Metaplax crenulata (Gerstaecker, 1856)

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

publication ID

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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13184087

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scientific name

Metaplax crenulata (Gerstaecker, 1856)
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45. Metaplax crenulata (Gerstaecker, 1856) View in CoL

1856. Rhaconotus crenulatus Gerstaecker, Arch. Naturgesch. Johrg. 22 (1): 142.

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

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

2010. Metaplax crenulata : Mitra et al. Rec.zool.Surv. India, Occ. Paper No. 343.

Material examined: 7exs, Udaipore, 10.x.2014, Coll: O.P.S. (Reg.no.A-4410).

Diagnosis: Carapace prominent and deeply grooved. Front deflexed. Anterolateral borders cut into five very prominent teeth. Chelipeds unequal, but equal in the same sex. Abdomen consisting of seven separate segments in both sexes, sixth segment squarish in male.

Distribution: India:Andaman Islands, Andhra Pradesh (West Godavari), Odisha (Mahanadi estuary) andWest Bengal (Sundarbans East coast, Udaipore). Elsewhere: Mergui Archipelago, Malay Peninsula and Thailand.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Varunidae

Genus

Metaplax

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