Actiomera erythra

Scientific Name:-

Actiomera erythra

Common Name:-

Rock Crab

Malayalam Name:-

Paara Njandu

Category:-

Crabs

Status:-

Not evaluated

Description:-

Carapace broader than long; dorsal surface ridged or granulose. Presence of coarse flattened tubercles over the carapace giving a mosaic appearance. Front bilobed, project beyond the orbit, broadly open dorsally. Carapace dorsally with fine granules; punctuate. Posterior part of antero lateral boarder of carapace with two rounded lobes; postero- lateral boarder nearly straight or slightly concave. Chelipeds granulated. A stout spine on inner angle of carpus of cheliped. Palm without a crest on superior margin. Pereiopods laterally flattened and with crests on anterior and posterior margins. Carapace with regions not inflated; supra-orbital internal angle not noticeably projecting. Ventral region of the body finely granular and punctuate. Reddish brown in colour.

Threats:-

Not recorded

Remark:-

Bijukumar et al. (2007) and Sushilkumar (2013) recorded it from the trawl by-catch along Kerala coast.

Habitat:-

Sandy and Rocky

Synonyms:-

Actites erythra Lanchester, 1902; Liomera erythra Lanchester, 1901; Liomera erythra Sakai, 1965b; Actitiserythrus Lanchester, 1902; Liomera (Actites) erythra Serène, 1984

References:-

Biju Kumar, A., M. Sushil Kumar., S.M. Raffi and S. Ajmal Khan (2007). Diversity of brachyuran crabs associated with trawl by-catch in Kerala coast, India. Ind.J. Fis. 54 (3): 283-290.
Sushilkumar, M. (2013). Diversity and proximate composition of brachyuran crabs in the trawl by-catch of Kerala coast. PhD Thesis submitted to University of Kerala, India.

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