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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India

Volume 59 Issue 2

First record of spider decorator crab Camposcia retusa (Latreille, 1829)  from west coast of India

Imtiyaz Beleem, Paresh Poriya and Bharatsinh Gohil
10.6024/jmbai.2017.59.2.1955-17
Abstract

The present paper reports a species of majid crab Camposcia retusa (Latreille, 1829), for the first time from the west coast of India. This species is commonly found in camouflage with algae, sponges and mud. Morphological descriptions of the species with key characters and geographical distribution are given. 

Keywords

Camposcia retusa, new record, distribution, Gujarat

Date : 10-12-2017