On Indian species of Nanosesarma Tweedie, 1950 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Sesarmidae)

Abstract

Abstract Four species of sesarmid crabs of the genus Nanosesarma Tweedie, 1950, have been reported from India: Nanosesarma andersoni (De Man, 1888), Nanosesarma batavicum (Moreira, 1903), Nanosesarma jousseaumei (Nobili, 1906), and Nanosesarma minutum (De Man, 1887). In the present study, one more species, Nanosesarma sarii Naderloo and Türkay, 2009 is reported for the first time from India along with the diagnosis and illustrations of the five Indian Nanosesarma species.

Keywords

• Brachyura
• Goa
• Gujarat
• intertidal area
• new record
• West coast of India