Raninoides personatus Henderson,1888

Srivastava, O. P., 2017, Marine and estuarine crabs of Digha coast, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1), pp. 49-72 : 70

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117284
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scientific name	Raninoides personatus Henderson,1888
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65. Raninoides personatus Henderson,1888 View in CoL *

1888. Raninoides personatus Henderson , ‘Challenger’

Anomura : 27

1976. Raninoides personatus Sakai, Crabs of Japan & adj.

seas: 52.

Material examined: 1ex. Digha Mohana, 05.iii.2015, Coll. O.P.S. (Reg.no.A-4412).

Diagnosis: Carapace oblong, elongateand strongly convex, broader in the middle and narrower towards the end. Surface smooth, regions not demarcated. External orbital angle prolonged into a spine, behind which another strong spine present. Mid frotal tooth large, lateral tooth two in number but small. Carpus of cheliped with two spine on upper distal border and three spines along the lower or inner edge. Dactylus smooth. Fixed finger short, thick broad. cutting edge dentate. Abdomen of both the sexs consists of seven separate joints.

Distribution: India: East Coast of India and West Bengal (Digha, Sandheads). Elsewhere: Amboina, Burma, Indonesia, Japan, and Western Australia.

Remarks: This species is reported new to this area.

Summary

A total of Sixty five marine crabs, belonging to 36 genera