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New Report of the Hermit Crabs Dardanus lagopodes (Forskal, 1775), Paguristes miyakei Forest & Mclaughlin, 1998 and Oncopagurus monstrosus (Alcock, 1894) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) from the Indian Coast


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Anomuran crabs are best described by having an assortment of adult body shapes from lobsterlike tocrab-like;markedlyreducedfifthpereopods, the articulated or missing eighth thoracic sternite and the cephalothorax that is not fused to the epistome as it is in brachyurans (McLaughlin et al., 2010). Anomura is represented by six superfamilies;Aegloidea, Hippoidea, Lithodoidea, Lomisoidea, Paguroidea and Galatheoidea.
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  • New Report of the Hermit Crabs Dardanus lagopodes (Forskal, 1775), Paguristes miyakei Forest & Mclaughlin, 1998 and Oncopagurus monstrosus (Alcock, 1894) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) from the Indian Coast

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R. Reshmi
Department of Aquatic Biology & Fisheries, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram 695581, Kerala, India
A. Bijukumar
Department of Aquatic Biology & Fisheries, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram 695581, Kerala, India

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Anomuran crabs are best described by having an assortment of adult body shapes from lobsterlike tocrab-like;markedlyreducedfifthpereopods, the articulated or missing eighth thoracic sternite and the cephalothorax that is not fused to the epistome as it is in brachyurans (McLaughlin et al., 2010). Anomura is represented by six superfamilies;Aegloidea, Hippoidea, Lithodoidea, Lomisoidea, Paguroidea and Galatheoidea.


DOI: https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi.v113i1.168879