Portunus (Portunus)sanguinolentus (Herbst, 1790)

Srivastava, O. P., 2017, Marine and estuarine crabs of Digha coast, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1), pp. 49-72 : 61

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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13184075

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scientific name

Portunus (Portunus)sanguinolentus (Herbst, 1790)
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1790. Cancer sanguinolentus Herbst, Versuch. Naturgesch Krabben Krebse , 1 (2):161 pI. 8, figs. 56, 57.

1899. Neptunus sanguinolentus Alcock, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal , 68 (2): 32.

2001. Portunus sanguinolentus : Dev Roy and Bhadra, Zool. Surv. India Estuarine Ecosystem Series 4: Fauna of Godavari Estuary: 42.

2013 Portunus (Portunus) sanguinolentus : Dev Roy M. K. and S.Rath, Chapter In: Estuaries of India (Biodiversity, Ecology, Conservation and Managememt NBI.Pg.47-58

Material examined: 1 ex., Digha Mohana, 16.iv.14, Coll: O.P.S. (Reg.no.A-4338).

Diagnosis: Carapace marked, with three blood-red spots on its surface. Posterior border of arm of chelipeds with no spine; a single spine on palm just behind the finger-joint.

Distribution: India: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh (East Godavari,Guntur, Krishna, Nellore, Prakasam, Srikakulam, West Godavari, Visakhapatnam), Odisha (Gopalpur coast), Goa (Zuari estuary), Karnataka (Karwar, Mangalore), Kerala (Travancore), Maharashtra (Deogad coast (Ratnagiri), Tamil Nadu (Palk Bay, Pulicat Lake), West Bengal (Sundarbans, Digha). Elsewhere: Australia, East Africa Malaysia, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Persian Gulf, Philippines, Red Sea, Sri Lanka and Taiwan.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Portunidae

Genus

Portunus

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