Trapezia guttata
Ruppell,
1830 (Crab)
Organism information awaits expert curation
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Organism information awaits expert curation
| Taxonomy | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Family: | Trapeziidae |
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Description
Color: Carapace yellowish brown or whitish, and the legs with small pink spots.
Outer surface of hand smooth and bald; no transverse series of red spots on the carapace.
Carapace yellowish brown or whitish, surface somewhat convex, smooth, and glossy. Chelipeds elongate, asymmetrical and smooth. Merus with 7-8 serrations along anterior margin. Carpus with 2 processes on inner margin. Ambulatory legs covered with numerous long setae, dactylus of distal 2 pairs are furnished with 2 longitudinal series of spines at distal half of ventral surface and tipped with short claw, but those of proximal 2 pairs are tipped with a longer claw. A specimen preserved in alcohol is marked with pink spots on its ambulatory leg.
Color: Carapace yellowish brown or whitish, and the legs with small pink spots.
Outer surface of hand smooth and bald; no transverse series of red spots on the carapace.
Carapace yellowish brown or whitish, surface somewhat convex, smooth, and glossy. Chelipeds elongate, asymmetrical and smooth. Merus with 7-8 serrations along anterior margin. Carpus with 2 processes on inner margin. Ambulatory legs covered with numerous long setae, dactylus of distal 2 pairs are furnished with 2 longitudinal series of spines at distal half of ventral surface and tipped with short claw, but those of proximal 2 pairs are tipped with a longer claw. A specimen preserved in alcohol is marked with pink spots on its ambulatory leg.
Synonym (s)
• Trapezia davaoensis Ward, 1941
• Trapezia ferruginea var. ceylonica P. S. Chen, 1933
• Trapezia miersi Ward, 1941
• Trapezia davaoensis Ward, 1941
• Trapezia ferruginea var. ceylonica P. S. Chen, 1933
• Trapezia miersi Ward, 1941
Common Name (s)
Economic Importance and Threats
Ecology
Habitat: Reef Associated
Habitat: Reef Associated
Biogeography
• Lakshadweep INDIA
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands INDIA
• Lakshadweep Islands (Lat: 11.68) (Long: 73.68) INDIA (Record: 01/1987-03/1987)
• Lakshadweep Islands (Lat: 8.28) (Long: 72.16) INDIA (Record: 01/1987-03/1987)
• Lakshadweep INDIA
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands INDIA
• Lakshadweep Islands (Lat: 11.68) (Long: 73.68) INDIA (Record: 01/1987-03/1987)
• Lakshadweep Islands (Lat: 8.28) (Long: 72.16) INDIA (Record: 01/1987-03/1987)
Literature Source(s)
- (2002) Lakshadweep Islands biodiversity strategy and action plan (Version: 3)
- Kensley, B (1981) On the Zoogeography of Southern Afrian Decapod Crustacea, with a distributional checklist of the species Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C. 338 23377 Available at - NIO, RC Kochi
- Paulson, O (1961) Studies on Crustacea of the Red Sea The Israel Program for Scientific Translations 1-164 Available at - CMFRI, Kochi
- Jeyabaskaran, R; Wafar, S and Wafar, M (2002) CD on Brachyuran Crabs of West Coast, India Available at - http://www.nio.org/Biology/brachyuran/index.html
- Society for the Management of European Biodiversity Data (2009) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Available at - http://www.marinespecies.org
- CalPhotos Available at - http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/
- Deb, M and Rao, GC (1993) A check-list of the brachyuran crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda)of Bay islands Journal Of The Andaman Science Association Andaman Science association, Port Blair 8(1-2) 25-34 Available at - NIO, Goa
- Rao, GS; Suseelan, C and Kathirvel, M (1989) Crustacean resources of the Lakshadweep islands Marine living resources of the union territory of Lakshadweep: An indicative survey with suggestions for development Bulletin of Central Marine Research Institute CMFRI 43 72-76 Available at - http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/8213/1/Bulletin_No_43.pdf
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