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The First Record of the Rare Stenopodidean Shrimp Engystenopus palmipes Alcock & Anderson, 1894 (Crustacea : Decapoda) from Southeastern Arabian Sea, India


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1 Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India, Atal Bhavan, Puthuvype, Kochi, Kerala – 682 508, India

In this paper, the first observation of a rare deep-water stenopodidean shrimp, Engystenopus palmipes Alcock & Anderson, 1894 (Crustacea: Decapoda) from Southeastern Arabia Sea, India, supplemented with notes on its diagnosis, and geographical distribution, is reported. A single specimen of E. palmipes was collected using Expo model trawl net onboard the Fisheries Oceanographic Research Vessel Sagar Sampada from a depth of 610 meters. Previously reported from the Western Pacific, Australia, Madagascar, and off Sri Lanka, this is the first report to the Indian waters.
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K. P. Apreshgi
Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India, Atal Bhavan, Puthuvype, Kochi, Kerala – 682 508, India
V. P. Padate
Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India, Atal Bhavan, Puthuvype, Kochi, Kerala – 682 508, India
S. S. Cubelio
Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India, Atal Bhavan, Puthuvype, Kochi, Kerala – 682 508, India
N. Saravanane
Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India, Atal Bhavan, Puthuvype, Kochi, Kerala – 682 508, India

Abstract


In this paper, the first observation of a rare deep-water stenopodidean shrimp, Engystenopus palmipes Alcock & Anderson, 1894 (Crustacea: Decapoda) from Southeastern Arabia Sea, India, supplemented with notes on its diagnosis, and geographical distribution, is reported. A single specimen of E. palmipes was collected using Expo model trawl net onboard the Fisheries Oceanographic Research Vessel Sagar Sampada from a depth of 610 meters. Previously reported from the Western Pacific, Australia, Madagascar, and off Sri Lanka, this is the first report to the Indian waters.