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First record of brachyuran crab Heteropanope glabra Stimpson, 1858 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Pilumnidae) from India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 July 2015

Jigneshkumar N. Trivedi ,
Gunjan M. Soni  and
Kauresh D. Vachhrajani
Jigneshkumar N. Trivedi
Affiliation:
Marine Biodiversity and Ecology Lab, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, The M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat, India
Gunjan M. Soni
Affiliation:
Marine Biodiversity and Ecology Lab, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, The M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat, India
Kauresh D. Vachhrajani*
Affiliation:
Marine Biodiversity and Ecology Lab, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, The M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat, India
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: K.D. Vachhrajani, Marine Biodiversity and Ecology Lab, Department of ZoologyFaculty of Science, The M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara-390002, Gujarat, India email: [email protected]
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Abstract

Heteropanope glabra Stimpson, 1858 belonging to family Pilumnidae is reported for the first time from the mangrove mudflats of India. The identification of the species is difficult because the species shares similar morphological characters with other closely related species like Benthopanope indica (De Man, 1887). Studies in the past have reported the presence of H. glabra from coastal areas of Burma to Japan. The present study reports the presence of H. glabra on the western coast of India, which lies outside the old distribution range of the species.

Keywords

Heteropanope glabramangrovesGujaratIndiataxonomybrachyuran crab
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 8 , 2015 , e112
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2015 

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