Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India

A new species of Scyllarid lobster Scyllarus tutiensis (Scyllaridae : Dacapoda) from the Tuticorin Bay in the Gulf of Mannar

Volume 33 Issue 1&2

B. Srikrishnadhas, MD. Kaleemur Rahman and A. S. M. Anandasekaran

Abstract

A new lobster Scyllarus tutiensis from Tuticorin Bay, Gulf of Mannar is described. The salient characters of the new species are: absence of median tubercles on last thoracic sternum; anterior tooth of inner margin of orbit small and straight; median carina of abdomen not rised; a conspicuous colour spot on mid dorsal line of first abdominal segment partially hidden under carapace.

Date : 31-12-1991