Further records of rare brachyuran crab Eucrate indica (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura Euryplacidae) along the Chennai coast, Tamil Nadu, India

This study reports further occurrence of the crab Eucrate indica (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Euryplacidae) along the Chennai coast, Tamil Nadu, India. The crabs were obtained from a depth of 40-60 m in the trawl by-catch. The morphological features, color and distribution of these crabs are giv...

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Main Authors: K Silambarasan, K Sujatha, E Rajalakshmi, A Sundaramanickam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2017-05-01
Series:Biotemas
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Online Access:https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/biotemas/article/view/47558
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spelling doaj-d9d2811ef6884e4e808c8362769930e92020-11-25T02:50:07ZengUniversidade Federal de Santa CatarinaBiotemas0103-16432175-79252017-05-01302515510.5007/2175-7925.2017v30n2p5126949Further records of rare brachyuran crab Eucrate indica (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura Euryplacidae) along the Chennai coast, Tamil Nadu, IndiaK Silambarasan0K Sujatha1E Rajalakshmi2A Sundaramanickam3Sir Theagaraia College Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaDr. Mgr. Educational and Research Institute Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaSir Theagaraia College Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaCAS Marine Biology Faculty of Marine Sciences Parangipettai, Annamalai UniversityThis study reports further occurrence of the crab Eucrate indica (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Euryplacidae) along the Chennai coast, Tamil Nadu, India. The crabs were obtained from a depth of 40-60 m in the trawl by-catch. The morphological features, color and distribution of these crabs are given.https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/biotemas/article/view/47558DistributionTrawl-by catch
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K Sujatha
E Rajalakshmi
A Sundaramanickam
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K Sujatha
E Rajalakshmi
A Sundaramanickam
Further records of rare brachyuran crab Eucrate indica (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura Euryplacidae) along the Chennai coast, Tamil Nadu, India
Biotemas
Distribution
Trawl-by catch
author_facet K Silambarasan
K Sujatha
E Rajalakshmi
A Sundaramanickam
author_sort K Silambarasan
title Further records of rare brachyuran crab Eucrate indica (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura Euryplacidae) along the Chennai coast, Tamil Nadu, India
title_short Further records of rare brachyuran crab Eucrate indica (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura Euryplacidae) along the Chennai coast, Tamil Nadu, India
title_full Further records of rare brachyuran crab Eucrate indica (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura Euryplacidae) along the Chennai coast, Tamil Nadu, India
title_fullStr Further records of rare brachyuran crab Eucrate indica (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura Euryplacidae) along the Chennai coast, Tamil Nadu, India
title_full_unstemmed Further records of rare brachyuran crab Eucrate indica (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura Euryplacidae) along the Chennai coast, Tamil Nadu, India
title_sort further records of rare brachyuran crab eucrate indica (crustacea: decapoda: brachyura euryplacidae) along the chennai coast, tamil nadu, india
publisher Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
series Biotemas
issn 0103-1643
2175-7925
publishDate 2017-05-01
description This study reports further occurrence of the crab Eucrate indica (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Euryplacidae) along the Chennai coast, Tamil Nadu, India. The crabs were obtained from a depth of 40-60 m in the trawl by-catch. The morphological features, color and distribution of these crabs are given.
topic Distribution
Trawl-by catch
url https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/biotemas/article/view/47558
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