Ashtoret lunaris (Forskal, 1775)
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https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117284 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/97142464-FFB3-FFFD-FCDC-FF1204F246E3 |
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Felipe |
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Ashtoret lunaris (Forskal, 1775) |
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5. Ashtoret lunaris (Forskal, 1775) View in CoL
1775. Cancer lunaris Forskal, Desc. Anini. : 91(part).
1896. Matuta banski Alcock, J. Asiat. Soc Bengal. 65 (2):
158.
1994. Ashtoret lunaris : Galil and Clark, Zool. Verh.Leiden, 294: 5, figs. a-b, pl. Ia-b.
2005. Ashtoret lunaris : Dev Roy and Bhadra S, Zool. Surv. India, State Fauna Series 5: Fauna of Andhra Pradesh (Pt 5): 382.
Material examined: 1ex. Shankarpur, 20.v.2014, Coll. O. P. Srivastava (Reg.no.A-4312); 3exs. Digha Mohana.,
03.ii.2015, Coll. O. P. Srivastava (Reg. no. A-4342).
Diagnosis: Minute red dots spread over the dorsal surface of carapace, a strong tubercle present on the postero lateral border of the carapace, little below the lateral epibranchial spine. Frontal lobe straight.
Distribution: India: Andhra Pradseh (East Godavari), Odisha (Gopalpur coast) and West Bengal (Digha, Shankarpur). Elsewhere: Aden, Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Guinea, Philippines, Red Sea and Singapore.
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