Charybdis (Charybdis) feriata (Linnaeus, 1758)
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/97142464-FFBC-FFF2-FF04-FD0506A943B3 |
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Felipe |
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Charybdis (Charybdis) feriata (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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23. Charybdis (Charybdis) feriata (Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL
1758. Cancerferiatus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. (10 th ed.), 1: 627.
1899. Charybdis (Goniosoma) crucifera Alcok, J. Asiat.
Soc. Bengal, 68 (2): 51.
1976. Charybdis (Charybdis) feriata : Dev Roy and Bhadra,
Zool. Surv. India Estuarine Ecosystem Series 4: Fauna of Godavari Estuary: 43.
Material examined: 1ex., Shankarpur, 20.v.2014, Coll: O.P.S.(Reg.no.A-4310); 2exs., Digha, 19.ix.2014, Coll: O.P.S.(Reg.no.A-4334); 1ex.,Udaipore, 08.v.2015, Coll: O. P. S.(Reg.no.A-4355).
Diagnosis: Carapace with longitudinal bands.Five spines present on the anterlateral border of the carapace. First antero-lateral spine truncated whereas second to fourth very broad, last one is tipped. Fingers of the chelipeds almost as long as to palm. Sixth male abdominal segment much broader than length with little curved.
Distributio n: India: Andaman and Nicobar island, Andhra Pradesh (East Godavari, Guntur, Visakhapatnam) Gujarat (Gulf of Kachch), Odisha (Baleshwar, Gopalpur coast, Mahanadi estuary, Puri), Kerala (Travancore coast), Maharashtra (Deogad coast), Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar, Palk Bay, Parangipetai coast, Pulicat Lake) and West Bengal (Digha coast, Shankarpur, Udaipore,Sundarbans). Elsewhere: Australia, Bangladesh, China,East coast of Africa, Hong Kong, Japan, Medagascar, Malaay Peninsula, Pakistan and Singapore.
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