Halimede tyche (Herbst, 1801)

Srivastava, O. P., 2017, Marine and estuarine crabs of Digha coast, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1), pp. 49-72 : 63

publication ID

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

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scientific name

Halimede tyche (Herbst, 1801)
status

 

39. Halimede tyche (Herbst, 1801) View in CoL *

1801. Cancer tyche Herbst, Crabben and Krebse, III, A. 2:

35

1893. Halimede thrustoni Henderson, J. Linn.Soc.London

5: 360.

1935. Halimede tyche Chopra, Rec.Ind. Mus .37: 505.

Material examined: 1ex, Shankarpur, 22.viii.2014, Coll: O.P.S. (Reg.no.A-4409)

Diagnosis: Carapace broad, somewhat hexagonal and covered with fine, short tuft of hair. Two frontal lobes finely granulated. Two bully tubercles present on each hepatic region. Orbits dorsaly placed with large eyes.The anterolateral border of carapace bears three teeth. The cheJipeds stout, subequal, outer surfaces of wrists and palms covered with flattened tubercles.

Distribution: India: Krusadi Island, Tuticorin andWest Bengal (Sandheads, shankarpur). Elsewhere: Gulf of Siam and Hongkong.

Remarks: This species is reported new to this area.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Galenidae

Genus

Halimede

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