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 50. Ocypode ceratophthalmus (Pallas, 1772) 1772. Cancer ceratophthalmus Pallas, Spicilegia Zool . , 9 : 83, pl. 5, Figure 7. 1900. Ocypoda ceratophthalma Alcock, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal , 69 (2): 345. 2001 Ocypode ceratophthalma : Dev Roy and Bhadra, Zool. Surv. India Estuarine Ecosystem Series 4 : Fauna of Godavari Estuary: 50. Material examined: 3exs, Digha Mohana, 03.vii.2015 , Coll: O.P.S. (Reg. no. A-4298). Diagnosis : Carapace squarish, with fine granules; regions not demarcated. Front narrow and deflexed with rounded edge. Antero-lateral border projected little outwards. Chelipeds unequal, inner arm with a strong spine; palm compressed. Leg joints long and stout. In both the sexes, abdomen consisting of seven separate segments, sixth segment longer than broad in male. Distribution : India : Andaman Islands (North, Middle and South Andamans), Andhra Pradesh (West Godavari, Visakhapatnam), Gujarat , Karnataka (Karwar, Sirur), Lakshwadweep, Maharashtra ( Mumbai ), Nicobars, Odisha (Chandipur, Chilka Lake, talsari), Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar, Pulicat Lake) and West Bengal (Digha Mohana). Elsewhere: Australia ,East coast of Africa, China , Indonesia , Hawaii, Japan , Malay Peninsula, Madagascar , Maldives , Mauritius , Sandwich Island, Singapore , Tahiti and Sri Lanka .