Cryptopodia angulata H. Milne Edwards & Lucas, 1841

Srivastava, O. P., 2017, Marine and estuarine crabs of Digha coast, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1), pp. 49-72 : 58

20. Cryptopodia angulata H. Milne Edwards & Lucas, 1841 *

(Plate 1, Figure 9)

1841. Cryptopodia angulata Lucas, Arch. Mus . Hist. Nat., Paris, sér.1, 2: 481, pI. 28, figs 16-19.

1895. Cryptopodia angulata Alcock, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal , 64 (2): 282.

1975. Cryptopodia angulata Davie and Turner, Mem. Qd. Mus ., 38 (2): 450, Figure 1 E, F ; 2 A, B.

1998. Cryptopodia angulata Chiong and Ng, Raffles BuLL. ZooL. 46 (1): 181, figs. 16 A-C, 17 A-E, 21 A.

2005. Cryptopodia angulata : Dev Roy and Bhadra S, Zool. Surv. India, State Fauna Series 5: Fauna of Andhra Pradesh (Pt 5): 414.

Material examined: 1ex., Shankarpur, 20.v.2014, Coll: O.P.S. (Reg.no.A-4377).

Diagnosis: Carapace pentagonal, broad and convex, its corners ends in curved spines. Anterolateral and posterolateral border bear one spine. Chelipeds strong and unequal, palm crenated.

Distribution: India: Andhra Pradesh (Prakasam), Gujarat (Gulf of Kachch and Malabar coast), Odisha (Gopalpur coast) and West Bengal (Sandheads at mouth of the River Hugli, Shankarpur). Elsewhere: Australia, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Thailand.

Remarks: This species is reported new to this area.

Figures

Figure 1. Map of Digha coast showing collection sites: 1. Junput 2. Shankarpur 3. Digha Mohana 4. Udaipore and 5.Talsari.