Menippe rumphii (Fabricius,1798)
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https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117284 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/97142464-FFB8-FFF6-FF04-F9E502BF47EC |
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Felipe |
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Menippe rumphii (Fabricius,1798) |
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40. Menippe rumphii (Fabricius,1798) View in CoL *
1798. Cancer rumphii Fabricius. Ent. Syst. Suppl. : 336.
1898. Menippe rumphii Alcock. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal. 67(2):
178.
1998. Menippe rumphii : Deb. Zool. Surv. India, State Fauna Series 3: Fauna of West Bengal. Part 10:373. Material examined: 9exs. Shankarpur, 22.viii.2014, Coll: O.P.S. (Reg.no.A-4373-76&A-4383-4386). Diagnosis: Carapace broad, slightly convex, surface pitted. Front broadand bilobed. Antero-lateral borders of the cararpace cut into four lobes (excluding the outer orbital angle), posterior two lobes are slightly prominent. Chelipeds massive and unequal. Both the borders of carpus, propodus and dactylus of leg joints hairy but those of the last two segments being denser. Carapace, chelipeds and legs reddish .
Distribution: India: Andhra Pradesh (Viaskhapatnam), Karnataka (Dhareswar, Karwar, Sirur), Kerala (Travancore coast), Lakshwadweep, Nicobars, Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar, Tranquebar) and West Bengal (Digha, Shankarpur, Sandheads). Elsewhere: Mergui Archipelago, Pakistan, Penang, Persian Gulf, Sri Lanka, Tavoy and Sumatra.
Remarks: This species is reported new to this area.
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