Portunus (Portunus)pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758)
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32. Portunus (Portunus)pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL
1758. Cancer pelagicus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. 10 th, ed., 1:
626.
1899. Neptunus pelagicus : Alcock, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 68 (2): 34.
2001. Portunus pelagicus : Dev Roy Bhadra, Zool. Surv. India Estuarine Ecosystem Series 4: Fauna of Godavari Estuary: 41.
Material examined: 2exs., Digha Mohana., 16. iv.14., Coll:O.P.S. (Reg.no.A-4285); 1ex.,Udaipore, 10.x.2014, Coll: O.P.S. (Reg.no.A-4337); 2exs., Shankarpur,
22.viii.2014, Coll: O.P.S.(Reg.no.A-4329).
Diagnosis: Dorsal surface of carapace with whitish and bluish small granules. A spine present on the posterior border of arm of chelipede, palm bears three spines.
Distribution: India: Andhra Pradesh (East Godavari, Guntur, Krishna, Nellore, Prakasam, West Godavari), North and South Andamans, Gujarat (Gulf of Kachchh), Karnataka (Coondapore, Karwar, Malpe, Udipi), Kerala (Travancore), Maharashtra ( Mumbai), Odisha (Chilka Lake, Gopalpur coast), Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar, Palk Bay) and West Bengal (Digha, Shankarpur, Udaipore, Sundarbans). Elsewhere: Australia, East and South coasts of Africa, Hong Kong, Japan, Mergui Archipelago, New Zealand, Persian Gulf New Caledonia, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Red Sea.
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