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A Note on the Burrowing Shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda: Gebiidea: Axiidea) of Maharashtra Coast, India


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The paper deals with five species of burrowing shrimps belonging to five genera and four families from Maharashtra coast. Current nomenclature, taxonomic remarks and distribution of these species in India and elsewhere have been presented.

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Burrowing shrimps, Gebiidea, Axiidea, Maharashtra Coast.
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M. K. Dev Roy
Social Environmental and Biological Association (SEBA), Kolkata, India

Abstract


The paper deals with five species of burrowing shrimps belonging to five genera and four families from Maharashtra coast. Current nomenclature, taxonomic remarks and distribution of these species in India and elsewhere have been presented.

Keywords


Burrowing shrimps, Gebiidea, Axiidea, Maharashtra Coast.

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