Clibanarius longitarsus

Scientific Name:-

Clibanarius longitarsus

Common Name:-

Malayalam Name:-

Category:-

Hermit crabs

Status:-

Not evaluated

Description:-

Shield and carapace greenish-brown with dark brown patches. Ocular peduncles yellowish-green. Chelipeds greenish-brown with golden bristles. Second and third pereopods bluish-green; propodus and dactyl with two longitudinal bluish-green stripes on lateral and mesial surfaces; carpi olive green. Meri with dorsal, lateral and ventrolateral olivebrown stripes. Shield longer than broad; rostrum triangular. Ocular peduncles slightly shorter than shield; ocular acicles with a simple spine terminally. Ocular peduncles slightly overreached by antennular peduncles; antennal peduncles reaching at the base of corneas. Antennal acicle not reaching at the base of ultimate peduncular segment; mesial face with 3-4 spines and a terminal single spine. Chelipeds subequal, robust; left slightly shorter than right, similar in armature; dorsal surface of palm with irregular row of corneous-tipped spines, dorsomesial margin with row of 5-6 spines; carpi with a prominent corneous-tipped spine distally at dorsomesial margin. Distal half of dactyls of ambulatory legs with 11-14 closely-spaced spinules at the ventral margin. Third pereopod with dactyls longer than propodus. Carpi with a dorsodistal spine. Telson with asymmetrical posterior lobes and shallow median cleft; terminal margins with few small spinules and 2-3 larger, corneous tipped spines.

Threats:-

Not recorded

Remark:-

It was earlier reported from Nicobar islands, Lakshadweep and Madras by Thomas (1989). Reshmi (2014) recorded this from mangroves of Kerala coast.

Habitat:-

Mangrove areas; estuaries

Synonyms:-

Pagurus asper H. Milne Edwards, 1848: 62; Pagurus longitarsus De Haan, 1849: 211, pl. 50, fig. 3; Clibanarius longitarsis- Dana, 1825b: 464; Pagurus ( Clibanarius) longitarsus- Hilgendorf, 1869: 96; Clibanarius longitarsus- De Man, 1902: 741.

References:-

Reshmi, R. (2014). Taxonomy and diversity of anomuran crabs (Decapoda: Anomura) of Kerala coast. PhD Thesis submitted to University of Kerala, India.
Thomas, M. M., 1989. On a collection of hermit crabs from the Indian waters. Journal of Marine Biological Association of India, 31(1&2): 59–79.

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