Episesarma versicolor

Scientific Name:-

Episesarma versicolor

Common Name:-

Violet Vinegar Crab

Malayalam Name:-

Vinegar Njandu

Category:-

Crabs

Status:-

Not evaluated

Description:-

Carapace squarish; dorsal surface relatively flat. Presence of one minute antero-lateral tooth. Regions of carapace well defined and covered with short stiff setae. Chelipeds much smaller than pereiopods. Pereiopods highly flattened laterally. Presence of distinct spiny hairs on lateral margins of propodus and dactylus of pereiopods; Dactylus of pereiopods acuminate. Frontal region broad with 4 ridged portion between the inner angles of the orbit. Presence of horizontal groove like processes on the posterior half of the carapace. Posterior margin of carapace almost straight Eyestalk elongated; laterally placed in the orbit. Dark brownish grey on the carapace with the tip of appendages orangish violet.

Threats:-

Not recorded

Remark:-

Sushilkumar (2013) recorded it from Kerala coast.

Habitat:-

Sandy bottom and rocky intertidal areas

Synonyms:-

Sesarma versicolor Tweedie, 1940

References:-

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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