Ixa cylindrus (Fabricius,1777)

Srivastava, O. P., 2017, Marine and estuarine crabs of Digha coast, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1), pp. 49-72 : 55

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117284
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scientific name	Ixa cylindrus (Fabricius,1777)
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9. Ixa cylindrus (Fabricius,1777) View in CoL *

(Plate 1, Figure 4)

1777. Cancer cylindrus Fabricius, Mantissa Ins. , 1: 323.

1896. Ixa cylindrus Alcock, J. Asiat. Soc Bengal View in CoL , 65 (2): 271. 1933 a. Ixa cylindrus Chopra, Rec. Indian Mus ., 35 (1): 45,

text-Figure 6.

Material examined: 1ex. Junput, 11.vi.2014, Coll. O.P.S (Reg.no.A-4408).

Diagnosis: Carapace deeply grooved having granules on its surface, highly developed pubescent; its lateral processes thick. Mouth cavity triangular and exognathus

Distribution: India: Andaman Islands (Port Blair), Andra Pradesh (Visakhapatnam), Tamil Nadu (Palk Strait), West Bengal (Sandy belt of coastal areas of Digha Junput). Elsewhere: East coast of Africa, Singapore and Sri Lanka.

Remarks: This species is reported new to this area.