Charybdis (Charybdis) natator (Herbst, 1794)

Srivastava, O. P., 2017, Marine and estuarine crabs of Digha coast, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1), pp. 49-72 : 59-60

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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13184065

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scientific name

Charybdis (Charybdis) natator (Herbst, 1794)
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26. Charybdis (Charybdis) natator (Herbst, 1794) View in CoL

1794. Cancer natator Herbst, Versuch. Naturgesch.

Krabben Krebse, 2 (5): 156, pl. 40, Figure I.

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1976. Charybdis (Charybdis) natator Sakai, Crabs of Japan and the Adjacent Seas: 360.

Material examined: 1ex. Udaipore, 10.x.2014, Coll: O.P.S. Reg.no.A-4336.

Diagnosis: Front with six dentation cut, bluntly rounded. First anterolateral tooth truncated whereas last oneis reduced. Chelipeds having transverse squamiform tubercles, more prominent on palm.Sixth male abdominal segment as long as broad.

Distribution: India: Andhra Pradesh (East Godavari, Krishna, Visakhapatnam), Gujarat (Okha), Kerala (Trivandrum), Puducherry, Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar, Chennai, Palk Bay, Parangipettai coast and West Bengal (Udaipore). Elsewhere: Australia, Southern coast of China, Hong Kong, Japan, Madagascar, Malay Archipelago, Philippines, Red Sea, Singapore,, South Africa, Sri Lanka and Taiwan

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Portunidae

Genus

Charybdis

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