Marine and estuarine crabs of Digha coast Author Srivastava, O. P. text Records of the Zoological Survey of India 2017 2017-08-01 117 1 49 72 http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117284 journal article 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117284 2581-8686 54. Uca (Tubuca) acuta (Stimpson,1858) 1858. Gelasimusacutus Stimpson, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci : Philad.: 99 1986. Uca acuta acuta : Deb, Chakraborty & Choudhury, J. Bengal Natu. Hist. Soc ., 5: 59 Material examined : None. Based on earlier report. Diagnosis : Carapace very convex, regions well demarcated. Front extremly narrow. Upper surfaces of the wrist and palms covered with fine ganules; upper and lower borders of large palm well defined and two oblique granular crests present on the inner surface of palm. Fingers broad, thin; one enlarge tooth present near the tips which give forceps like grip to the fingers when closed. The merus of the last pair of leg also distinctly foliaceous. Distribution : India : Andaman Island, West Bengal (Sundarbans, Bay of Bengal, Digha coast). Elsewhere: Karachi and Mergui.