Scyllarus sordidus
(Stimspon)
1860 (Squat Lobster)
Organism information awaits expert curation
Organism information awaits expert curation
| Taxonomy | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Family: | Scyllaridae |
Description
Color: Muddy gray, a dark red oval spot on the middle of abdominal segment (Chhapgar and Deshmukh, 1961).
Body moderately depressed, sub-cylindrical, no flagellum on exopodite of third maxilliped, rostrum short and truncate; a single ridge on dorsal surface of proximal antennal squame; a deep triangular notch on anterior extremity of sternum; third pair of thoracic legs not sub-cheliform; squamiform sculpture on abdominal terga which are not deeply sulcate, dactylus of second pair of legs longer and more slender than those of the first; four teeth at the end of calcified portion of telson.
Color: Muddy gray, a dark red oval spot on the middle of abdominal segment (Chhapgar and Deshmukh, 1961).
Body moderately depressed, sub-cylindrical, no flagellum on exopodite of third maxilliped, rostrum short and truncate; a single ridge on dorsal surface of proximal antennal squame; a deep triangular notch on anterior extremity of sternum; third pair of thoracic legs not sub-cheliform; squamiform sculpture on abdominal terga which are not deeply sulcate, dactylus of second pair of legs longer and more slender than those of the first; four teeth at the end of calcified portion of telson.
Synonym (s)
• Arctus sordidus Stimpson 1860
• Arctus sordidus Nobili 1903
• Scyllarus sordidus de Man 1916
• Scyllarus sordidus Prasad and Tampi 1960
• Arctus sordidus Stimpson 1860
• Arctus sordidus Nobili 1903
• Scyllarus sordidus de Man 1916
• Scyllarus sordidus Prasad and Tampi 1960
Common Name (s)
Economic Importance and Threats
Ecology
Biogeography
• Tamil Nadu, Gulf of Mannar INDIA (Record: 1984)
• INDIA (Record: 1984)
• Kerala, Vizhinjam INDIA (Record: 1980-1987)
• Tamil Nadu, Gulf of Mannar INDIA (Record: 1984)
• INDIA (Record: 1984)
• Kerala, Vizhinjam INDIA (Record: 1980-1987)
Literature Source(s)
- Society for the Management of European Biodiversity Data (2009) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Available at - http://www.marinespecies.org
- Bal, DV and Rao, KV (1984) Marine fisheries Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Limited 470 pp Available at - NIO, Goa
- Marine Biological Station, Chennai, Tamil Nadu (2003) Checklist of marine fauna of Tamil Nadu Department of Environment, Government of Tamil Nadu Available at - http://tnenvis.nic.in
- George, RM and Thomas, PA (1996) The early stage of Scyllarus sordidus (Stimpson) from the inshore plankton off Vizhinjam together with a note on their distribution Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India The Marine Biological Association of India 38(1&2) 74-79 Available at - NIO, Goa
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