Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India

New record of a crinoid symbiotic brachyuran crab, Rhabdonotus pictus A. Milne-Edwards, 1879 (Decapoda: Pilumnidae), from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India

Volume 64 Issue 2

Naveen K. Nigam, K. K. Bineesh and C. Sivaperuman

10.6024/jmbai.2022.64.2.2256-16

Abstract

The feather star symbiotic brachyuran crab, Rhabdonotus pictus A. Milne-Edwards, 1879, is reported herein based on a single female specimen, collected off Nancowry, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. This species has previously been known from the Gulf of Mannar, India on Sea pen, Virgularia sp. This is the first record of this species from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Keywords

Andaman sea, association, biodiversity, echinoderm, eumedoninae

Date : 24-08-2022