Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) transversus (Latreille, 1817)

Srivastava, O. P., 2017, Marine and estuarine crabs of Digha coast, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1), pp. 49-72 : 69-70

64. Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) transversus (Latreille, 1817)

1817. Gonoplax transversus latreille, Nouv. Dist. d’hist. nat., 13: 237

1919. Macrophthalmus transversus Kemp, Rec. Ind. Mus ., 16: 386.

2010. Macrophthalmus transversus : Mitra et al., Rec.zool. Surv. India, Occ.Paper No. 313.

2015. Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) transverses : Davie, P.Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia. p = taxdetails id = 378406 on 07- 10-2015

Material examined: None. Based on earlier report.

Diagnosis: Carapace quadrilateral, dorsal surface finely granular, region well defined, front bifid, 1/8 of maximum width of carapace. Eye stalks long projecting well beyond the lateral sides in adults. Upper orbital edge finely crenulate, lower edge sharply denticulate External orbital angles long acute, sharp spine like, behind it two, broad, teeth followed by minute tubercles. On postero dorsal sides, four sharp spine like tubercles arranged in line parallel to lateral sides of carapce. Upper, anterior edges of arm of cheliped with three and lower edge with one spine.Upper edge of palm spinate, cutting edge of fixed figer with two erect spines and of thumb with one basal sharp tooth only.

Distribution: India: East coast of India, Odisha coasts of Bay of Bengal, Pondichery andWestBengal (Inter-tidal zone talsari). Elsewhere: Sumatra and Massouah.