Scylla tranquebarica (Fabricius, 1798)
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https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117284 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/97142464-FFBB-FFF5-FF1E-FBB506EC4227 |
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Felipe |
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Scylla tranquebarica (Fabricius, 1798) |
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35. Scylla tranquebarica (Fabricius, 1798) View in CoL
1798. Portunus tranquebaricus Fabricius, ENT. Syst. Suppl. : 366.
1998. Scylla tranquqbarica Keenan, Davie and Mann, Raffles Bull. Zool. , 46 (1): 230, figs. 7B, 8B, 9B,
2013. Scylla tranquebarica : Dev Roy M. K.and S.Rath, Chapter In: Estuaries of India (Biodiversity, Ecology, Conservation and Managememt), NBI.Pg.47-58.
Material examined: From earlier record.
Diagnosis: Frontal lobes rounded. Antero-lateral teeth broad, outer margin convex. Polygonal pattern weak on the chelipeds and first two pair of legs but strongly marked in last two pair in both the sexes; polygonal pattern absent on male abdomen but variable on female.
Distribution: India: Andhra Pradesh (Krishna, Nellore, Visakhapatnam), Tamil Nadu (Parangipettai coast), West Bengal (Digha). Elsewhere: Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines and Singapore.
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