Charybdis (Charybdis) affinis Dana, 1852

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

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

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scientific name

Charybdis (Charybdis) affinis Dana, 1852
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21. Charybdis (Charybdis) affinis Dana, 1852 View in CoL

1852. Charybdis affinis Dana, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad.,

6: 85 and U. S. Explor. Exped.Crust., 13 (1): 286, pI.

17, figs. 12a-c.

1899. Charybdis (Goniosoma) affinis Alcock, J. Asiat. Soc.

Bengal, 68 (2): 56.

1937. Charybdis (Goniosoma) affinis Shen, Bull. Raffles

Mus ., 13: 119.

2015. Charybdis (Charybdis) affinis Dana : Davie, P.Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http: //

marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id =378406

on 07-10-2015

Material examined: 1ex., Shankarpur, 20.v.2014, Coll: D. Ray., Reg. no. (A-4287); 7exs., Digha Mohana, 16. iv.2014, Coll: O.P.S. (Reg.no.A-4308); 2exs., Digha, 03. ii.2015, Coll.O.P.S. (Reg.no.A-4354).

Diagnosis: Carapace and chelipeds soft, cardiac region having transverse ridges. Anterior border of arm bears three spine and upper surface of five spines respectively. Sixth male abdominal segment curved.

Distribution: India: Andhra Pradesh (Guntur, Krishna and Visakhapatnam), Karnataka (Suratkal, Mangalore), Odisha (Balasore, Chandipur, Mahanadi, Puri), Tamil Nadu (Parangipettai coast) and West Bengal (Bakkhali, Digha, Shankarpur). Elsewhere: Akyab, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Portunidae

Genus

Charybdis

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