Biswaprajna Mohanty, Dipti Raut, Malay KD Roy, Akkur V Raman, Lipika Patnaik, Aswini Nayak, Sonali S Rout, and Bhagyashree Dash (2018)
New host record of pea crab Arcotheres purpureus (Alcock, 1900) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Pinnotheridae) with first description of male
Marine Biodiversity Records, 11.
Arcotheres purpureus, a species of pea crab has been reported from the Red Sea, Maldives and Andaman Sea with no description of the male. According to existing literature the single host for this species is Ostrea.
Arcotheres purpureus, Devi estuary, Odisha, India, First male record, Subsistence fisheries
- DOI: 10.1186/s41200-018-0137-2
- ISSN: 1755-2672
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