Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India

First record of Arcania brevifrons Chen, 1989 (Decapoda, Brachyura, Leucosiidae) from east coast of India

Volume 62 Issue 1

M. Prema, K. Valarmathi, S. Ravichandran, S. Indumathi and P. Vigneshwaran

doi:10.6024/jmbai.2020.62.1.2158-15

Abstract

The Leucosiid crabs of the genus Arcania has 22 species globally of which 9 species are so far reported from India, 7 of them are known to occur in Tamil Nadu. This study reports Arcania brevifrons (Chen, 1989) for the first time from Tamil Nadu, collected from trawl bycatch of Pazhayar (11˚21'N; 79˚50'E) during July 2017. This first report of Arcania brevifrons Chen, 1989 from Tamil Nadu, India recorded one male and two ovigerous females and the details are presented.

Keywords

 Leucosiid, Arcania brevifrons, southeast coast, Bay of Bengal, India

Date : 10-06-2020