Taxonomy and ecology of brachyuran crabs in Sunderbans
Author
Gokul, A.
text
Records of the Zoological Survey of India
2017
2017-04-01
117
2
131
139
http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i2/2017/118011
journal article
10.26515/rzsi/v117/i2/2017/118011
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7.
Charybdis
(
Goniohellenus
)
smithii
McLeay, 1838
1861.
Goniosoma truncata
, A. M. Edwards, Arch. Mus. Hist.
nat.
10
:
380, pl. 34, Fig. 4.
1952.
Charybdis
(
Goniohellenus
)
edwardsii
, Leene and Buitendijk
,
Zool. mededlingen Deel
,
31
:213
1967.
Charybdis smithii
, McLeay,
J. Nat. Hist
.
,
1
: 285-288.
Materials:
Total three examples. KN 1748, Coll. A. Gokul, 3.8.11, Fresergunj Harbour, 1 ex;
KN 1752, Coll. A. Gokul, 7.8.11, Fresergunj Harbour,
2 exs.
Characters:
Posterior border of carapace straight and forms an angular junction with postero-lateral borders. Anterolateral spines were square cut and serrated. Posterior border of carapace characteristically
Distribution:
In both the Indian coasts.
Elsewhere:
Myanmar
.