Metopograpsus messor (Forskal, 1775)
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https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117284 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13184083 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/97142464-FFB8-FFF7-FCC5-F9BD05B3477B |
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Felipe |
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Metopograpsus messor (Forskal, 1775) |
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42. Metopograpsus messor (Forskal, 1775) View in CoL
1775. Cancer messor Forskål, Desc. Anim. : 88.
1900. Metopograpsus messo Alcock, J. Asiat Soc. Bengal , 69 (2): 397.
1960. Metopograpsus messor Banerjee , Temminckia , 10: 174, figs. 4 h, i and 5 c.
Material examined: 7exs. Talsari, 05.vii.2014, Coll: O.P.S.(Reg.no.A-4382).
Diagnosis: Carapace and front broad. Chelipeds unequal. Terminal segment of male abdomen triangular.
Distribution: India: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh (East Godavari, West Godavari, Krishna, Visakhapatnam), Gujarat (Okha, Umarsadi), Karnataka (Coondapore), Maharasthra ( Mumbai, Malabar coast), Odisha (Talsari), Tamil Nadu (Parangipettai coast) and West Bengal (North and South 24 Parganas, Midnapore). Elsewhere: Australia, Bangladesh, Madagascar, Myanmar, Pakistan, Red Sea, Suez Canal and Sri Lanka.
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