Dotilla intermedia de Man, 1888

Srivastava, O. P., 2017, Marine and estuarine crabs of Digha coast, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1), pp. 49-72 : 68

58. Dotilla intermedia de Man, 1888

1888. Dotilla intermedia de Man, J. Linn. Soc. Zool. , 22: 135, pt. 9, figs. 4-6.

1900. Dotilla clepsydrodactylus Alcock, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal , 69(2): 365.

1902. Dotilla clepsydrodactylus Alcock and McArdle , lllustr: Zool. “Investigator” Crust. Part 10: pI. 63, figs. 2, 2a.

1919a. Dotilla intermedia Kemp, Rec. Indian Mus ., 16(5): 331, text-figs. 9f, 10 a-f.

1995. Dotilla intermedia Bairagi, Zool. Surv. India Estuarine Ecosystem Series, Part 2, Hugli Matla Estuary: 278.

Material examined: None. Based on earlier report.

Diagnosis: Carapace broader than long, areolated with deeply cut grooves seems five star shape; bearing four minute tubercles. The Merus of outer maxillipeds almost twice as long as ischium, Outer surfaces of the arm and wrist having minute granules; palm also covered with vesiculous granules at its outer surface; lower surface of palm with two granular ridges running from its proximal part to tip of fixed finger; fingers longer than palm, gradually tapering in to an acute tip and finely denticulate at base. Legs slightly longer than chelipeds,

Distribution: India: Andhra Pradesh (Prakasam, Srikakulam), Odisha (Balassore, Chandipur, Chilka Lake, Mahanadi Delta), Tamil Nadu (Parangipettai coast), West Bengal (Sagar Island, Digha coast). Elsewhere: Mergui Archipelago, Tavoy.