Doclea muricata (Fabicius, 1787)
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https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117284 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/97142464-FFBE-FFF0-FF07-FE6505FD41E4 |
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Felipe |
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Doclea muricata (Fabicius, 1787) |
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15. Doclea muricata (Fabicius, 1787) View in CoL *
(Plate 1, Figure 7)
1787. Cancer muricatus Fabricius, Mantissa Ins. , 1:324·
1895. Doclea muricata Alcock, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal , 64(2):
230.
1986. Doclea muricata Wagner, Bull. Mus . Natn. Hist.nat. Paris, ser. 4, 8: 911, figs. 16-19, pI. 5.
2005. Doclea muricata : Dev Roy and Bhadra, Faunaof Andhra Pradesh, State Fauna Series, 5: (Part 5): 405· ZooI. Surv. India.
Material examined: 4exs., Digha, 19.ix.2014, Coll.O.P.S (Reg.no.A-4332).
Diagnosis: Carapace longer than its breadth; bears eight spines on its median line and two spines are present on the branchial region; anterolateral border of carapace bears small tubercles. Chelepeds slender in both the sexes. Distribution: India: Andhra Pradesh (Pukkala Peta), Kerala ( Cochin Harbour), Puducherry, Maharashtra (Ratnagiri), Ponicherry, Tamil Nadu (Chennai, Palk Strait) and West Bengal (Digha). Elsewhere: Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, South Africa and Sri Lanka.
Remarks: This species is reported new to this area.
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