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New Distributional Record of Petal-Eyed Swimmer Crab, Vojmirophthalmus minabensis (Sakai 1961) (Portunidae: Podophthalminae) from Indian Waters

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The petal-eyed swimmer crab, Vojmirophthalmus minabensis (Sakai 1961) is reported for the first time from the Indian coast. A single ovigerous female specimen was collected from the Nochikuppam fish landing centre, Chennai coast, southeast India. This species has previously been recorded only from the Sea of Japan and off the coast of Sarawak, Borneo. This report widens the knowledge of its distribution and range extension across the Bay of Bengal.

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Acknowledgements

This study was undertaken as part of the in-house research project on “Coastal and Marine Biodiversity Integration Network (CoMBINe)-IR1 2006. The authors acknowledge financial and technical support of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India, and the World Bank under the India ICZM Project. The authors thank Dr. R. Soundararajan, Senior Scientific Consultant, NCSCM for his critical comments on the manuscript. The authors are thankful to Ms. Swapna Rao for preparation of crab sketch.

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    Mariasingarayan Yosuva, Chinnathambi Viswanathan, Vijay Kumar Deepak Samuel, Kanagaraj Chamundeeswari, Ramachandran Purvaja & Ramachandran Ramesh

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Yosuva, M., Viswanathan, C., Samuel, V.K.D. et al. New Distributional Record of Petal-Eyed Swimmer Crab, Vojmirophthalmus minabensis (Sakai 1961) (Portunidae: Podophthalminae) from Indian Waters. Thalassas 36, 535–538 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41208-020-00226-8

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