A new species of portunid crab of the genus Charybdis (De Haan, 1833) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from Goa, India
IR@NIO: CSIR-National Institute Of Oceanography, Goa
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Padate, V.P.
Rivonker, C.U. Anil, A.C. Sawant, S.S. Venkat, K. |
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2010-10-07T09:25:37Z
2010-10-07T09:25:37Z 2010 |
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Marine Biology Research, vol.6(6); 579-590
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/3724 |
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A new species of portunid crab, Charybdis (Charybdis) goaensis sp. nov. is described from Goa, west coast of India. It differs from its closest congener, Charybdis (Charybdis) philippinensis in possessing bluntly triangular median frontal teeth, wide U-shaped notches separating the sub-median and lateral frontal teeth, wide notches separating antero-lateral teeth, and granular tuberosity on cardiac region of carapace. A taxonomic key to 43 species of the sub-genus Charybdis including the newly described species is also provided
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en
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Taylor & Francis
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The final and definitive form of the preprint has been published in the "Marine Biology Research" © 2010 Taylor & Francis; "Marine Biology Research" is available online at http://www.informaworld.com/ with open URL of artilce : http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=1745-1019&volume=6&spage=579
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marine crustaceans
Charibdis goanesis portunid crab |
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A new species of portunid crab of the genus Charybdis (De Haan, 1833) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from Goa, India
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Journal Article
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