Uca (Austruca)dussumieri (H. Milne Edwards,1852)

Srivastava, O. P., 2017, Marine and estuarine crabs of Digha coast, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1), pp. 49-72 : 67

56. Uca (Austruca)dussumieri (H. Milne Edwards,1852)

1852. Gelasimus dussumieri H. Milne Edwards, Annis. Sci. nat. (Zool.).ser, 3, 18: 148, pI. 4, Figure 12.

1900. Gelasimus dussumieri Alcock, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal , 69(2): 361.

1995. Uca (Deltuca) dussumieri spinata, Bairagi, Zool. Surv. India Estuarine Ecosystem Series, Part2: Hugli Matla Estuary: 273.

1998. Uca dussumieris dussumieri Deb, Zool. Surv. India State Fauna Series, 3: Fauna of West Bengal, Part10:

398.

1982. Uca dussumieri George and Jones, Rec. West. Atm. Mus . Suppl. No. 14: 31, figs. 19a, 20a, 39ag and 55e.

2000. Uca dussumieri Dev Roy and Das, Rec. zool. Surv. India, Occ. Paper No. 185: 119. pI. 4. Figure 6 and pI. 14. figs. 3,4.

Material examined: None. Based on earlier report.

Diagnosis: Carapace strongly convex from front to back, regions ill-defined. Anterolateral angle acute, slightly directed upward. Antero-lateral margins short. Front extremely narrow and deflexed downwards. Chelipeds unequal; major cheliped with two distinct long grooves runs throughout the length on its outer surface and a similar groove on outer pollex; minor cheliped with few long dense setae dorsally; anterior border of dactylus with dense setae whereas ventral margin of pollex with less hairs. Abdomen in both the sexes consisting of seven distinct segments.

Distribution: Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh (Visakhapatnam), Gujarat (Gulf of Kachchh), Maharashtra ( Mumbai), Odisha and West Bengal (Sundarbans, Digha coast). Elsewhere: Australia, China, Caroline Islands, East Indies, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Madagascar, Mergui Archipelago, Malay Peninsula, New Guinea, New Caledonia, Philippines, Palau Island, RyuKyu Island, Singapore, Solomon Islands and Thailand.