Leptodius sanguineus
Description
Leptodius sanguineus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)
Material examined. 1 male (13.3 x 9.4 mm), Kalpeni, 4 January 2013; 1 female (26.7 x 17.0 mm) (DABFUK), Kadamat, 8 June 2013; 2 females (18.8 x 12.6 mm, 22.8 x 15.8 mm), 1 ovigerous female (28.5 x 18.1 mm) (DABFUK), Kadamat, 8 June 2013; 1 male (13.5 x 9.1 mm) (DABFUK), Kadamat, 22 June 2013; 2 males (20.4 x 13.8 mm, 22.7 x 14.8 mm) (DABFUK), Kalpeni, 25 October 2013; 2 males (18.2 x 12.5 mm, 13.5 x 9.6 mm) (DABFUK), Kavaratti, 2 November 2013; 2 males (17.3 x 11.8 mm, 18.6 x 12.5 mm) (DABFUK), Androth, 9 November 2013; 2 females (19.5 x 13.2 mm, 23.3 x 15.1 mm) (DABFUK), Amini, 28 May 2014; 2 males (22.0 x 14.4 mm, 29.1 x 18.3 mm) (DABFUK), Androth, 2 February 2015; 2 females (27.3 x 17.7 mm, 17.2 x 11.4 mm) (DABFUK), Bitra, 8 May 2015; 2 males (39.3 x 24.3 mm, 39.9 x 24.7 mm) (DABFUK), Kilton, 16 May 2015; 1 female (15.5 x 10.2 mm) (DABFUK), Chetlat, 6 November 2015.
Remarks. Previously recorded from Lakshadweep by Alcock (1898) and Rao et al. (1989). This common species was observed on the reefs of the 10 islands in the group, often in large numbers.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- DABFUK
- Event date
- 2013-06-08 , 2013-06-22 , 2013-10-25 , 2013-11-02 , 2013-11-09 , 2014-05-28 , 2015-02-02 , 2015-05-08 , 2015-05-16 , 2015-11-06
- Family
- Xanthidae
- Genus
- Leptodius
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Decapoda
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- H. Milne Edwards
- Species
- sanguineus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Verbatim event date
- 2013-06-08 , 2013-06-22 , 2013-10-25 , 2013-11-02 , 2013-11-09 , 2014-05-28 , 2015-02-02 , 2015-05-08 , 2015-05-16 , 2015-11-06
- Taxonomic concept label
- Leptodius sanguineus (Edwards, 1834) sec. Devi, Mendoza, Ravinesh, Babu, Kumar & Ng, 2019
References
- Alcock, A. (1898) Materials for a carcinological fauna of India. No. 3. The Brachyura Cyclometopa. Part 1. The family Xanthidae. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Calcutta, 67, Part 2 (1), 67 - 233.
- Rao, G. S., Suseelan, C. & Kathirvel, M. (1989) Crustacean resources of the Lakshadweep Islands Islands. In: Suseelan, C. (Ed.), Marine living resources of the Union Territory of Lakshadweep Islands: An Indicative Survey with Suggestions for Development. Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin, pp. 72 - 76.