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dc.contributor.authorPadate, V.P.
dc.contributor.authorRivonker, C.U.
dc.contributor.authorAnil, A.C.
dc.contributor.authorSawant, S.S.
dc.contributor.authorVenkat, K.
dc.date.accessioned2010-10-07T09:25:37Z
dc.date.available2010-10-07T09:25:37Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.identifier.citationMarine Biology Research, vol.6(6); 579-590
dc.identifier.urihttp://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/3724
dc.description.abstractA new species of portunid crab, Charybdis (Charybdis) goaensis sp. nov. is described from Goa, west coast of India. It differs from its closest congener, Charybdis (Charybdis) philippinensis in possessing bluntly triangular median frontal teeth, wide U-shaped notches separating the sub-median and lateral frontal teeth, wide notches separating antero-lateral teeth, and granular tuberosity on cardiac region of carapace. A taxonomic key to 43 species of the sub-genus Charybdis including the newly described species is also provided
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis
dc.rightsThe final and definitive form of the preprint has been published in the "Marine Biology Research" © 2010 Taylor & Francis; "Marine Biology Research" is available online at http://www.informaworld.com/ with open URL of artilce : http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=1745-1019&volume=6&spage=579
dc.subjectmarine crustaceans
dc.subjectCharibdis goanesis
dc.subjectportunid crab
dc.titleA new species of portunid crab of the genus Charybdis (De Haan, 1833) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from Goa, India
dc.typeJournal Article


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