<b>First record of the Two-striped Box Crab <I>Calappa bilineata</I> Ng, Lai & Aungtonya, 2002 (Brachyura: Calappidae) from St. Martin’s Island, Bangladesh</b>

<b>First record of the Two-striped Box Crab <I>Calappa bilineata</I> Ng, Lai & Aungtonya, 2002 (Brachyura: Calappidae) from St. Martin’s Island, Bangladesh</b>

<p>As part of survey of a BS (hons) study tour conducted by the Department of Zoology, University of Dhaka, two specimens of box crab were caught with a beach seine net from the northern beach in front of the Hotel Prince Heaven (20<sup>0</sup>38’07.50”N &amp; 92<sup>0<...

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Main Authors: Muntasir Akash, Mostafa A.R. Hossain
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society 2017-01-01
Series:Journal of Threatened Taxa
Subjects:
Bangladesh
Box Crab
New record
Saint Martin’s Island.
Online Access:http://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/2943
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spelling doaj-d2c0e19bbb304ba2a3078bab981f5e332020-11-25T02:21:02ZengWildlife Information Liaison Development SocietyJournal of Threatened Taxa0974-78930974-79072017-01-01919771977310.11609/jott.2943.9.1.9771-97732046<b>First record of the Two-striped Box Crab <I>Calappa bilineata</I> Ng, Lai & Aungtonya, 2002 (Brachyura: Calappidae) from St. Martin’s Island, Bangladesh</b>Muntasir Akash0Mostafa A.R. Hossain1Research Assistant || Project ECOFISHBD || IUCN Bangladesh Country OfficeProfessor of Aquatic Biodiversity, Department of Fish. Biology & Genetics & Director, Fish Museum & Biodiversity Center (FMBC) Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh Lead Assessor, Crustaceans, Updating Red List - Bangladesh Focal Point, CEM-IUCN Bangladesh e-mail- marhossain@bau.edu.bd<p>As part of survey of a BS (hons) study tour conducted by the Department of Zoology, University of Dhaka, two specimens of box crab were caught with a beach seine net from the northern beach in front of the Hotel Prince Heaven (20<sup>0</sup>38’07.50”N &amp; 92<sup>0</sup>19’34.68”E) on new moon of 07<sup>th</sup> December 2012.  Those box crabs were identified as the Two Striped Box Crab <em>Calappa </em>bilineata Ng, Lai &amp; Aungtonya, 2002 which is turned out as a new record for Bangladesh and a record for the northern part of the Bay of Bengal.</p><div> </div>http://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/2943BangladeshBox CrabNew recordSaint Martin’s Island.
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<b>First record of the Two-striped Box Crab <I>Calappa bilineata</I> Ng, Lai & Aungtonya, 2002 (Brachyura: Calappidae) from St. Martin’s Island, Bangladesh</b>
Journal of Threatened Taxa
Bangladesh
Box Crab
New record
Saint Martin’s Island.
author_facet Muntasir Akash
Mostafa A.R. Hossain
author_sort Muntasir Akash
title <b>First record of the Two-striped Box Crab <I>Calappa bilineata</I> Ng, Lai & Aungtonya, 2002 (Brachyura: Calappidae) from St. Martin’s Island, Bangladesh</b>
title_short <b>First record of the Two-striped Box Crab <I>Calappa bilineata</I> Ng, Lai & Aungtonya, 2002 (Brachyura: Calappidae) from St. Martin’s Island, Bangladesh</b>
title_full <b>First record of the Two-striped Box Crab <I>Calappa bilineata</I> Ng, Lai & Aungtonya, 2002 (Brachyura: Calappidae) from St. Martin’s Island, Bangladesh</b>
title_fullStr <b>First record of the Two-striped Box Crab <I>Calappa bilineata</I> Ng, Lai & Aungtonya, 2002 (Brachyura: Calappidae) from St. Martin’s Island, Bangladesh</b>
title_full_unstemmed <b>First record of the Two-striped Box Crab <I>Calappa bilineata</I> Ng, Lai & Aungtonya, 2002 (Brachyura: Calappidae) from St. Martin’s Island, Bangladesh</b>
title_sort <b>first record of the two-striped box crab <i>calappa bilineata</i> ng, lai & aungtonya, 2002 (brachyura: calappidae) from st. martin’s island, bangladesh</b>
publisher Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society
series Journal of Threatened Taxa
issn 0974-7893
0974-7907
publishDate 2017-01-01
description <p>As part of survey of a BS (hons) study tour conducted by the Department of Zoology, University of Dhaka, two specimens of box crab were caught with a beach seine net from the northern beach in front of the Hotel Prince Heaven (20<sup>0</sup>38’07.50”N &amp; 92<sup>0</sup>19’34.68”E) on new moon of 07<sup>th</sup> December 2012.  Those box crabs were identified as the Two Striped Box Crab <em>Calappa </em>bilineata Ng, Lai &amp; Aungtonya, 2002 which is turned out as a new record for Bangladesh and a record for the northern part of the Bay of Bengal.</p><div> </div>
topic Bangladesh
Box Crab
New record
Saint Martin’s Island.
url http://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/2943
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