Actaeodes tomentosus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)

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 : 485

Actaeodes tomentosus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)

Material examined. 3 males (21.1 x 13.2 mm, 25.2 x 15.0 mm, 25.8 x 15.8 mm) ( DABFUK), Kalpeni, 4 January 2013 ; 1 male (25.5 x 15.7 mm), 1 female (15.2 x 8.9 mm) ( DABFUK), Kavaratti, 31 October 2013 ; 2 males (25.0 x 15.5 mm, 26.5 x 16.2 mm) ( DABFUK), Minicoy, 2 December 2013 ; 2 females (17.6 x 10.8 mm, 22.8 x 14.1 mm) ( DABFUK), Agatti, 0 8 January 2014 ; 2 females (17.1 x 11.0 mm, 18.3 x 11.7 mm) ( DABFUK), Kilton, 22 October 2014 ; 1 male (26.8 x 16.5 mm) ( DABFUK), Bitra, 0 8 May 2015 .

Remarks. Actaeodes tomentosus was previously recorded from Lakshadweep by Alcock (1898), Dev Roy (2008), and Kumaralingam et al. (2017). It has a wide range in the Indo-West Pacific ( Serène 1984).