Ocypode macrocera (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)

Gokul, A., 2017, Taxonomy and ecology of brachyuran crabs in Sunderbans, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (2), pp. 131-139 : 136-137

11. Ocypode macrocera (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)

1837. Ocypode macrocera, H. Milne Edwards, Hist. Nat. Crust. , 2:49

1986. Ocypode macrocera, Chakraborty, Choudary and Deb, J. Beng. Nat. Hist. Soc. , (NS), 5 (1): 56, 57 (Mangroves, Sunderbans, West Bengal)

2001. Ocypode macrocera, Ravichandran, Soundrapandian and Kannupandi, Indian J. Fish. , 48 (2): 222

Materials: Total 11 examples; KN 1638, Coll. A. Gokul,

16.9.10, Gangasagar, 07 exs; KN 1741, Coll. A. Gokul,

11.12.08, Jambudweep Island, 02 exs; KN 1742, Coll. A. Gokul, 30.7.11, Fresergunj Harbour, 01 ex; KN 1743, Coll. A. Gokul, 31.7.11, Fresergunj Harbour, 01 ex.

Characters: Carapace squarish, little convex, surface covered with small granules. Granules of the external maxillipeds are minute and less prominent. Fingers are broad, spatulate and lamellar right upto the tips.

legs conspicuously fringed with brushes of hairs. Sixth segment of male abdomen is almost equal to its width.

Distribution: Indian ocean, Godavari, Krishna, Nellore, Srikakulam, visakapatinam, Bitharkanika, Gopalpur coast, Chilka, Mahanadi estuary, Palk Bay, Gulf of Mannar, Bakkhali, Gangasagar.