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Some porcelain crabs (Decapoda: Anomura) from the Andaman Sea, India, with an identification key to Indian porcellanids

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: The present study provides systematic accounts of three porcellanid species collected onboard Fishery Oceanographic Research Vessel “Sagar Sampada” from the Andaman Sea. The record of Petrolisthes scabriculus (Dana, 1852) confirms the occurrence of this species in Indian waters. Polyonyx biunguiculatus (Dana, 1852) is reported for the first time from India. Porcellanella haigae Sankarankutty, 1963, previously described from the Gulf of Mannar, is recorded for the first time from the Andaman Sea. An updated identification key to all the 33 species of porcellanid crabs known from the Indian Exclusive Economic Zone is also provided.

Source: Nauplius

DOI: 10.1590/2358-2936e20250559

Authors: Shivam Tiwari, Vinay P. Padate, Sherine Sonia Cubelio, Masayuki Osawa

Institutions: Cochin University of Science and Technology, Government of India, Shimane University, University of Shimane

Language: English

Topic: Crustacean biology and ecology

Subfield: Ecology

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Life below water

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4412373855

FWCI: 0.533

Cites: 35

Cited by: 1

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