Ocypode macrocera H. Milne Edwards, 1837

Srivastava, O. P., 2017, Marine and estuarine crabs of Digha coast, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1), pp. 49-72 : 65

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https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117284

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Ocypode macrocera H. Milne Edwards, 1837
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51. Ocypode macrocera H. Milne Edwards, 1837 View in CoL

1837. Ocypode macrocera H. Milne Edwards, Hist. Nat. Crust. 2: 49.

1900. Ocypoda macrocera Alcock, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal , 69 (2): 347.

1998. Ocypode macrocera : Deb, Zool.Surv. India, Estuarine Ecosystem Series 3: Mahanadi Estuary: 149.

Material examined: 1ex., Talsari, 05.vii.2014, Coll. O.P.S. (Reg.no.A-4328).

Diagnosis: Carapace squarish, slightly convex, with uniformly smaller granules. Granules of external maxillipeds less prominent. Fingers broad, spatulate and lamellar. Anterior surface of propodus of first two pair of legs conspicuously with brushes of hair.

Distribution: India: Andhra Pradesh (East Godavari, Krishna, Nellore, Srikakularn, Visakhapatnam), Odisha (Bhitarkonica, Gopalpur coast, Chilka lake, Mahanadi estuary), Tamil Nadu (Palk Bay, Gulf of Mannar, Puducherry), West Bengal (Bakkhali, Sagar, Sundaraban). Elsewhere: Gulf of Thailand and Myanmar

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Ocypodidae

Genus

Ocypode

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