A new species of portunid crab of the genus Charybdis (De Haan, 1833) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from Goa, India

dc.contributor.author	Padate, V.P.
dc.contributor.author	Rivonker, C.U.
dc.contributor.author	Anil, A.C.
dc.contributor.author	Sawant, S.S.S.
dc.contributor.author	Venkat, K.
dc.date.accessioned	2015-06-04T02:52:35Z
dc.date.available	2015-06-04T02:52:35Z
dc.date.issued	2010
dc.identifier.citation	Marine Biology Research. 6(6); 2010; 579-590.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17451000903505608
dc.identifier.uri	http://irgu.unigoa.ac.in/drs/handle/unigoa/2482
dc.description.abstract	A 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.	en_US
dc.publisher	Taylor and Francis	en_US
dc.subject	Marine Sciences	en_US
dc.title	A new species of portunid crab of the genus Charybdis (De Haan, 1833) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from Goa, India	en_US
dc.type	Journal article	en_US
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