Leptodius sanguineus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)

Devi, S. Suvarna, Mendoza, Jose C. E., Ravinesh, R., Idress Babu, K. K., Kumar, A. Biju & Ng, Peter K. L., 2019, On a collection of brachyuran crabs from Lakshadweep, Indian Ocean (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura), Zootaxa 4613 (3), pp. 477-501 : 488

Leptodius sanguineus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)

Material examined. 1 male (13.3 x 9.4 mm), Kalpeni, 4 January 2013; 1 female (26.7 x 17.0 mm) ( DABFUK), Kadamat, 8 June 2013 ; 2 females (18.8 x 12.6 mm, 22.8 x 15.8 mm), 1 ovigerous female (28.5 x 18.1 mm) ( DABFUK), Kadamat, 8 June 2013 ; 1 male (13.5 x 9.1 mm) ( DABFUK), Kadamat, 22 June 2013 ; 2 males (20.4 x 13.8 mm, 22.7 x 14.8 mm) ( DABFUK), Kalpeni, 25 October 2013 ; 2 males (18.2 x 12.5 mm, 13.5 x 9.6 mm) ( DABFUK), Kavaratti, 2 November 2013 ; 2 males (17.3 x 11.8 mm, 18.6 x 12.5 mm) ( DABFUK), Androth, 9 November 2013 ; 2 females (19.5 x 13.2 mm, 23.3 x 15.1 mm) ( DABFUK), Amini, 28 May 2014 ; 2 males (22.0 x 14.4 mm, 29.1 x 18.3 mm) ( DABFUK), Androth, 2 February 2015 ; 2 females (27.3 x 17.7 mm, 17.2 x 11.4 mm) ( DABFUK), Bitra, 8 May 2015 ; 2 males (39.3 x 24.3 mm, 39.9 x 24.7 mm) ( DABFUK), Kilton, 16 May 2015 ; 1 female (15.5 x 10.2 mm) ( DABFUK), Chetlat, 6 November 2015 .

Remarks. Previously recorded from Lakshadweep by Alcock (1898) and Rao et al. (1989). This common species was observed on the reefs of the 10 islands in the group, often in large numbers.