Matuta victor (Fabricius, 1781)

Gokul, A., 2017, Taxonomy and ecology of brachyuran crabs in Sunderbans, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (2), pp. 131-139 : 135-136

9. Matuta victor (Fabricius, 1781)

1781. Cancer victor Fabricius , Species Insectorum Exhibentes, 2: 502. 1951. Matuta victor, Patil, J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc., 50 (1): 137.

2000. Matuta victor, Dev Roy and Das, Rec. zool. Surv. India, Occ. Paper No. 185: 19.

Materials: Total one example. KN 1560, Coll. A. Gokul, 15.03.10, Bali Island, 01 ex .

Characters: Carapace sub-circular, little convex,

post-gastric and cardiac regions. Antero-lateral borders with six small tubercles just behind the outer orbital angle followed by three crenular teeth, of which, the middle one smallest. Postero-lateral borders oblique with a large, granular lateral epibranchial spine on either side; posterior slightly elevated ridge culminating slightly beneath the epibranchial spine. Front bilobed with rounded apices. Chelipeds almost equal and symmetrical; upper margin of palm tridentate, proximal tooth broadest; mid-palm in male consisting of a smooth rounded ridge running to a very conspicuous acute strong spine lying in front of present, of which, fourth one largest and triangulate; lower proximal angle of palm ended with an acute,

by a granular tubercle; in male, a row of tubercles running from proximal angle of lower border of palm ending at another row of granules extending from the proximal spine of palm to almost up to the tip of immobile traversed by a strongly milled ridge from base to tip on its outer surface in male but smooth in female.

Distribution:

Karnataka, Malabar Coast, West Bengal, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry and Andaman Islands. Elsewhere: Mozambique, Madagascar, Comoros, Tanzania, Somalia, Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman, Pakistan, Sri Lanka,

Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Timor, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Norfolk, Ovolan and Fedjee.