First record of Pilumnopeus convexus (Maccagno, 1936) (Crustacea,&nbsp;Decapoda, Pilumnidae) from the Indian coast

Swapnil  Gosavi; Jigneshkumar N. Trivedi; Dhruva J. Trivedi; Kauresh D. Vachhrajani

doi:10.15560/13.5.429

Check List 13(5): 429-433, doi: 10.15560/13.5.429

First record of Pilumnopeus convexus (Maccagno, 1936) (Crustacea, Decapoda, Pilumnidae) from the Indian coast

Swapnil Gosavi^‡, Jigneshkumar N. Trivedi^‡, Dhruva J. Trivedi^‡, Kauresh D. Vachhrajani^‡

‡ The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Gujarat, India

Corresponding author: Kauresh D. Vachhrajani ( kauresh@gmail.com )

Academic editor: Temim Deli

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Citation: Gosavi S, Trivedi JN, Trivedi DJ, Vachhrajani KD (2017) First record of Pilumnopeus convexus (Maccagno, 1936) (Crustacea, Decapoda, Pilumnidae) from the Indian coast. Check List 13(5): 429-433. https://doi.org/10.15560/13.5.429

Abstract

Pilumnopeus convexus (Maccagno, 1936) (Pilumnidae) is recorded for the first time across the Indian coast. The species has so far been reported from coastal waters of the Red Sea, Pakistan and Persian Gulf. P. convexus can be easily distinguished from closely related species in having transversely hexagonal carapace, acute anterolateral teeth and tip of the male left gonopod curved to form a hook like structure. Possible explanations to the new record are discussed.

Keywords

Geographic distribution extension; rubble shore; first record; Arabian Sea