Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology

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A portunid swimmer crab Lissocarcinus polybiodes Adams and White, 1848, which is usually free living or associated with hard corals (Stephenson, 1972), is shown to have commensal association with a sea star Luidia maculata MuUer and Troschel, 1842, is reported for the first time. Significantly, this is the second only report of this species from the Indian waters (Chennai Coast) after Alcock's (1899) description of specimens from Malabar, Orissa, Ganjam, Malabar and Andamans.

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Association, Portunidae, Lissocarcinus, Sea Star, Luidia, India.
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