On a collection of brachyuran crabs from Lakshadweep, Indian Ocean (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura)
Author
Devi, S. Suvarna
Author
Mendoza, Jose C. E.
Author
Ravinesh, R.
Author
Idress Babu, K. K.
Author
Kumar, A. Biju
Author
Ng, Peter K. L.
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-06-06
4613
3
477
501
journal article
26571
10.11646/zootaxa.4613.3.4
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Leptodius sanguineus
(H. Milne Edwards, 1834)
Material examined.
1 male
(13.3 x
9.4 mm
), Kalpeni,
4 January 2013
;
1 female
(26.7 x 17.0 mm) (
DABFUK
), Kadamat,
8 June 2013
;
2 females
(18.8 x
12.6 mm
, 22.8 x
15.8 mm
), 1 ovigerous female (28.5 x
18.1 mm
) (
DABFUK
), Kadamat,
8 June 2013
;
1 male
(13.5 x
9.1 mm
) (
DABFUK
), Kadamat,
22 June 2013
;
2 males
(20.4 x
13.8 mm
, 22.7 x
14.8 mm
) (
DABFUK
), Kalpeni,
25 October 2013
;
2 males
(18.2 x
12.5 mm
, 13.5 x
9.6 mm
) (
DABFUK
), Kavaratti,
2 November 2013
;
2 males
(17.3 x
11.8 mm
, 18.6 x
12.5 mm
) (
DABFUK
), Androth,
9 November 2013
;
2 females
(19.5 x
13.2 mm
, 23.3 x
15.1 mm
) (
DABFUK
), Amini,
28 May 2014
;
2 males
(22.0 x
14.4 mm
, 29.1 x
18.3 mm
) (
DABFUK
), Androth,
2 February 2015
;
2 females
(27.3 x
17.7 mm
, 17.2 x
11.4 mm
) (
DABFUK
), Bitra,
8 May 2015
;
2 males
(39.3 x
24.3 mm
, 39.9 x
24.7 mm
) (
DABFUK
), Kilton,
16 May 2015
;
1 female
(15.5 x
10.2 mm
) (
DABFUK
), Chetlat,
6 November 2015
.
Remarks.
Previously recorded from
Lakshadweep
by
Alcock (1898)
and
Rao
et al.
(1989)
. This common species was observed on the reefs of the 10 islands in the group, often in large numbers.