Metasesarma obesum (Dana, 1851)

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 : 491

Metasesarma obesum (Dana, 1851)

Material examined. 1 male (9.2 x 8.4 mm) ( DABFUK), Kavaratti, 10 October 2014 .

Remarks. This is a common supralittoral species widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific. The species was also seen at Kalpeni but specimens were not collected. Previously recorded from Lakshadweep (Alcock 1900b; Dev Roy 2008; Kumaralingam et al. 2017). The species is better known as Metasesarma rousseauxi H. Milne Edwards, 1853 , but Ng & Schubart (2003) showed that Sesarma obesa Dana, 1851 , is a senior subjective synonym.