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First report of the hermit crabs Coenobita brevimanus and Coenobita rugosus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) from the Indian coast

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 January 2011

R. Reshmi  and
A. Bijukumar
R. Reshmi
Affiliation:
Department of Aquatic Biology & Fisheries, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram 695581, Kerala, India
A. Bijukumar*
Affiliation:
Department of Aquatic Biology & Fisheries, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram 695581, Kerala, India
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: A. Bijukumar, Department of Aquatic Biology & Fisheries, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram 695581, Kerala, India email: abiju@rediffmail.com
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Abstract

In the present paper the authors record the occurrence of two hermit crabs, Coenobita brevimanus Dana and C. rugosus H. Milne-Edwards, for the first time from the Indian coast. The records show the extended distribution of both the species of hermit crabs and suggest their possible continuous distribution from the east coast of Africa to the south-west Pacific Ocean.

Keywords

CoenobitaCoenobitidaePaguroideaAnomuraIndian Ocean
Type
Research Article
Information
Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 3 , June 2010 , e121
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2010

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