A new distribution record of the Pentagonal Sea Urchin Crab Echinoecus pentagonus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1879) (Decapoda: Brachyura: Pilumnidae) from the Andaman Islands, India
| Title: | A new distribution record of the Pentagonal Sea Urchin Crab Echinoecus pentagonus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1879) (Decapoda: Brachyura: Pilumnidae) from the Andaman Islands, India |
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| Authors: | Balakrishna Meher, Ganesh Thiruchitrambalam |
| Source: | Journal of Threatened Taxa, Vol 11, Iss 13, Pp 14773-14776 (2019) |
| Publisher Information: | Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society, 2019. |
| Publication Year: | 2019 |
| Collection: | LCC:Ecology LCC:General. Including nature conservation, geographical distribution |
| Subject Terms: | echinoecus pentagonus, new record, port blair, sea urchin crab, Ecology, QH540-549.5, General. Including nature conservation, geographical distribution, QH1-199.5 |
| More Details: | First time, a Sea Urchin Crab, Echinoecus pentagonus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1879) is recorded from the rocky intertidal region of the Andaman Islands. It is a symbiotic crab live with Sea Urchin. This species is recorded from the Lakshadweep and Nicobar Islands but still there is no record from mainland India. A detail description of the species with standard photographs and line diagrams is provided. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 0974-7893 0974-7907 |
| Relation: | https://www.threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/4909; https://doaj.org/toc/0974-7893; https://doaj.org/toc/0974-7907 |
| DOI: | 10.11609/jott.4909.11.13.14773-14776 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/623eb70f9f1e4aeda3a9fb9c0379e6ba |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.623eb70f9f1e4aeda3a9fb9c0379e6ba |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 09747893 09747907 |
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| DOI: | 10.11609/jott.4909.11.13.14773-14776 |
| Published in: | Journal of Threatened Taxa |
| Language: | English |