Juxtaxanthias lividus (Latreille, in Milbert, 1812)

Devi, S. Suvarna, Mendoza, Jose C. E., Ravinesh, R., Idress Babu, K. K., Kumar, A. Biju & Ng, Peter K. L., 2019, On a collection of brachyuran crabs from Lakshadweep, Indian Ocean (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura), Zootaxa 4613 (3), pp. 477-501 : 488

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scientific name	Juxtaxanthias lividus (Latreille, in Milbert, 1812)
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Juxtaxanthias lividus (Latreille, in Milbert, 1812) View in CoL

( Figs. 2E View FIGURE 2 , 4E View FIGURE 4 )

Material examined. 1 male (43.5 x 27.2 mm), 1 female (39.5 x 24.8 mm) ( DABFUK), Kavaratti, coll. 7 January 2013 .

Remarks. Previously recorded by Suvarna Devi et al. (2014) from Lakshadweep. Serène (1984) reports it from Mauritius (type locality) and Chagos Archipelago, and there are also records from Sumatra, Japan and Marshall Islands ( Serène 1984).

References

Serene, R. (1984) Crustaces Decapodes Brachyoures de l'Ocean Indien occidental et de la Mer Rouge. Xanthoidea: Xanthidae et Trapeziidae. Addendum Carpiliidae et Menippidae-A. Crosnier. Faune Tropicale, 24, 1 - 400, pls. 1 - 48.

Suvarna Devi, S., Biju Kumar, A. & Ravinesh R. (2014) Diversity of brachyuran crabs of Kavaratti Island, Lakshadweep, with notes on two new reports. Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, 2, 792 - 794.

Figures

FIGURE 2. A, Cryptodromia fallax, male, 7.1 x 6.4 mm (DABFUK), Kavaratti; B, Gonioinfradens paucidentatus, female, 35.9 x 27.0 mm (DABFUK), Agatti; C, Xiphonectes iranjae, male, 24.7 x 11.6 mm (DABFUK), Agatti; D, Euxanthus rugosus, juv. male, 10.3 x 6.8 mm) (DABFUK), Kavaratti, 7 January 2013; E, Juxtaxanthias lividus, male 43.5 x 27.2 mm (DABFUK), Kavaratti; F, Lachnopodus bidentatus, male, 14.0 x 9.3 mm (DABFUK), Minicoy; G, Macromedaeus crassimanus, male, 34.7 x 22.1 mm (DABFUK), Kavaratti, 10 October 2014; H, Percnon sp., megalopa, 6.9 x 5.1 mm (DABFUK), Kavaratti. Scale bar: 5.0 mm.

FIGURE 4. Fresh colouration. A, Carupa tenuipes, female, 14.8 x 9.7 mm (DABFUK), Bitra; B, Trapezia lutea, male, 12.6 x 10.8 mm, (DABFUK), Bitra; C, Pseudoliomera granosimana, female, 17.2 x 10.9 mm (DABFUK), Minicoy; D, Liomera laevis, female, 20.9 x 12.1 mm (DABFUK), Minicoy; E, Juxtaxanthias lividus, male, 43.5 x 27.2 mm (DABFUK), Kavaratti.