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Marine and Estuarine Crabs of Digha Coast


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Digha coastal zone provides very potential habitat for several varieties of marine and estuarine crabs. A total of 65 species of marine crabs belonging to 36 genera and 13 families were recorded from the area under study. These includes 24 species under 19 genera were recorded for the first time. The Systematic taxonomic accounts for all the species with their detailed distribution and synonymies were provided. Observations were also made that among all these species only 5 portunid crabs are being exploited for the purpose of food by the coastal communities in the locality, hence a sizable regulation is needed for sustainable management of fisheries.

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Digha, Coastal Zone, Communities, Marine Crabs and Sustainable Management.
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O. P. Srivastava
Zoological Survey of India, M - Block, New Alipor, Kolkata – 700053, West Bengal, India

Abstract


Digha coastal zone provides very potential habitat for several varieties of marine and estuarine crabs. A total of 65 species of marine crabs belonging to 36 genera and 13 families were recorded from the area under study. These includes 24 species under 19 genera were recorded for the first time. The Systematic taxonomic accounts for all the species with their detailed distribution and synonymies were provided. Observations were also made that among all these species only 5 portunid crabs are being exploited for the purpose of food by the coastal communities in the locality, hence a sizable regulation is needed for sustainable management of fisheries.

Keywords


Digha, Coastal Zone, Communities, Marine Crabs and Sustainable Management.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi.v117i1.158272