Doclea ovis (Fabricius, 1787)

Srivastava, O. P., 2017, Marine and estuarine crabs of Digha coast, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1), pp. 49-72 : 56

14. Doclea ovis (Fabricius, 1787)

1787. Cancer ovis Fabricius, Mantissa Ins. , 1: 324

1895. Doclea ovis Alcock, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal , 64 (2): 227

1986. Doclea ovis : Wagner, BuLL. Mus . Natn. Hist., 8: 897,

figs. 1- 4, pIs.1, 2.

Material examined: 1ex., Shankarpur, 20.v.2014, Coll: O.P.S (Reg.no.A-4325); 2 exs., Digha Mohana, 05.iii.2015, Coll:O.P.S. (Reg.no.A-4347); 1 ex., Talsari, 05.vii.2014, Coll:O.P.S. (Reg.no.A-4351).

Diagnosis: Carapace thickly covered with small hairy structure, its surface is smooth. Pterygostomian region is longitudinally grooved. Antero-lateral border with four tubercles - first one is smallest and fourth one is the largest.

Distribution: India: Andhra Pradesh (Godavari, Krishna, Nellore, Visakhapatnam), Odisha (Devi river, Gopalpur coast, Talsari), Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar, Puducherry) and West Bengal (Sandheads at mouth of River Hugli, Talsari, Digha,Shankarpur). Elsewhere: Archipelago, Arakan coast, China, Gulf of Thailand, Hong kong, Mauritius, Madagascar, Mergui Singapore, Vietnam and West Malay Peninsula.