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 3208ca31-041c-4f91-a7d8-eda1c7a6bf00 1175-5326 3239869 72D5CBE3-4121-4C22-989C-F27075EDFB90 Thalamita admete (Herbst, 1803) Material examined. 1 female (15.0 x 10.7 mm ) ( DABFUK ), Kavaratti , 18 January 2015 . This species was also observed from Minicoy ( R. Ravinesh ) but specimens not collected . Remarks. Thalamita admete was also observed from Minicoy but specimens were not collected. This is a widespread species in the Indo-West Pacific ( Wee & Ng 1995 ; Apel & Spiridinov 1998); and it has previously been recorded from Lakshadweep by Thomas (1969) , Rao et al. (1989) , and Venkataraman et al. (2004) .