Portunus (Portunus)pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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

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Portunus (Portunus)pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758)
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1758. Cancer pelagicus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. 10 th, ed., 1:

626.

1899. Neptunus pelagicus : Alcock, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 68 (2): 34.

2001. Portunus pelagicus : Dev Roy Bhadra, Zool. Surv. India Estuarine Ecosystem Series 4: Fauna of Godavari Estuary: 41.

Material examined: 2exs., Digha Mohana., 16. iv.14., Coll:O.P.S. (Reg.no.A-4285); 1ex.,Udaipore, 10.x.2014, Coll: O.P.S. (Reg.no.A-4337); 2exs., Shankarpur,

22.viii.2014, Coll: O.P.S.(Reg.no.A-4329).

Diagnosis: Dorsal surface of carapace with whitish and bluish small granules. A spine present on the posterior border of arm of chelipede, palm bears three spines.

Distribution: India: Andhra Pradesh (East Godavari, Guntur, Krishna, Nellore, Prakasam, West Godavari), North and South Andamans, Gujarat (Gulf of Kachchh), Karnataka (Coondapore, Karwar, Malpe, Udipi), Kerala (Travancore), Maharashtra ( Mumbai), Odisha (Chilka Lake, Gopalpur coast), Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar, Palk Bay) and West Bengal (Digha, Shankarpur, Udaipore, Sundarbans). Elsewhere: Australia, East and South coasts of Africa, Hong Kong, Japan, Mergui Archipelago, New Zealand, Persian Gulf New Caledonia, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Red Sea.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Portunidae

Genus

Portunus

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