Macromedaeus crassimanus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1867)

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

Macromedaeus crassimanus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1867) *

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Material examined. 1 male (34.7 x 22.1 mm) ( DABFUK), Kavaratti, 10 October 2014. Remarks. A new record from Lakshadweep. This species has a wide distribution and has been reported from the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean to the western Pacific and all the way to the Hawaiian Islands .

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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.