Xiphonectes iranjae Crosnier, 1962

Devi, S. Suvarna, Mendoza, Jose C. E., Ravinesh, R., Idress Babu, K. K., Kumar, A. Biju & Ng, Peter K. L., 2019, On a collection of brachyuran crabs from Lakshadweep, Indian Ocean (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura), Zootaxa 4613 (3), pp. 477-501 : 484

Xiphonectes iranjae Crosnier, 1962 *

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Material examined. 1 male (24.7 x 11.6 mm), 1 ovig. female (26.1 x 11.8 mm) ( DABFUK), Agatti, 8 January 2014. Remarks. This distinctive species is recorded for the first time from India. It has otherwise been reported from various parts of the Indian Ocean (Apel & Spiridonov 1998) .

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FIGURE 2. A, Cryptodromia fallax, male, 7.1 x 6.4 mm (DABFUK), Kavaratti; B, Gonioinfradens paucidentatus, female, 35.9 x 27.0 mm (DABFUK), Agatti; C, Xiphonectes iranjae, male, 24.7 x 11.6 mm (DABFUK), Agatti; D, Euxanthus rugosus, juv. male, 10.3 x 6.8 mm) (DABFUK), Kavaratti, 7 January 2013; E, Juxtaxanthias lividus, male 43.5 x 27.2 mm (DABFUK), Kavaratti; F, Lachnopodus bidentatus, male, 14.0 x 9.3 mm (DABFUK), Minicoy; G, Macromedaeus crassimanus, male, 34.7 x 22.1 mm (DABFUK), Kavaratti, 10 October 2014; H, Percnon sp., megalopa, 6.9 x 5.1 mm (DABFUK), Kavaratti. Scale bar: 5.0 mm.