Liagore rubromaculata   (De Haan,  1835) (Crab)
Organism information awaits expert curation
Taxonomy
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order:Decapoda
Family:Xanthidae

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Description
Color: Freshly preserved specimen in spirit yellowish brown, with many red symmetrical spots.

Quadrilateral or broad, transverse, oval thick crab; surface smooth. Antero-lateral sides of carapace sharp, entire, faintly four lobed, front bilobed. Chelipeds equal, slender, smooth. Leg joints long, narrow, bare.

Synonym (s)
• Cancer (Liagore) rubromaculata De Haan, 1833
• Liagore rubromaculata Deb, 1994
Common Name (s)
Economic Importance and Threats
Ecology
Habitat:  Demersal
Biogeography


• Persian Gulf
• Tamil Nadu, Gulf of Mannar INDIA
• Tamil Nadu, Chennai INDIA
• Tamil Nadu, Chennai Coast INDIA
• West Bengal, Sandheads INDIA (Record: 11/1923)
Literature Source(s)
  • Society for the Management of European Biodiversity Data (2009) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Available at - http://www.marinespecies.org
  • Deb, M (1995) Crustacea: Xanthidae Estuarine ecosystem series, Part 2: Hugli Matla Estuary ZSI, Calcutta 217-228 Available at - NIO, Goa
  • Digitalarchives.tw Available at - http://catalog.digitalarchives.tw/dacs5/System/Main.jsp
  • 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
  • Dr. Ramesh, R; Dr. Nammalwar, P and Dr. Gowri, VS (2008) Database on coastal information of Tamil Nadu Report Submitted to Environmental Information System (ENVIS) Centre, Department of Environment, Government of Tamil Nadu Institute for Ocean Management, Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Available at - http://tnenvis.nic.in/PDF/coastal%20data.pdf
  • Sealifebase Available at - http://www.sealifebase.org/
Page last updated on:2010-11-16

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