A new species of the hermit crab genus Diogenes (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Diogenidae) from southern India

Abstract

A new species of the hermit crab genus Diogenes Dana, 1851 (Diogenidae), D. canaliculatus, is described and illustrated on the basis of material from off the Kerala State, southern India. It is referred to the D. edwardsii (De Haan, 1849) species group, and compared with D. bicristimanus Alcock, 1905, D. fasciatus Rahayu & Forest, 1995, D. laevicarpus Rahayu, 1996 and D. moosai Rahayu & Forest, 1995. The characteristically sculptured left chela and the unarmed dorsal margins of the propodi of the second and third pereopods distinguish the new species from these congeners.

<b>Diversity and new records of intertidal hermit crabs of the genus <I>Clibanarius</I> (Crustacea: Decapoda: Diogenidae) from Gujarat coast off the northern Arabian Sea, with two new records for the mainland Indian coastline</b>

“…Voucher specimens were deposited in the Museum of Department of Biosciences, Saurashtra University, Rajkot, India. The identification keys and terminology used in the diagnosis of species were as per Siddiqui & McLaughlin (2003), McLaughlin et al (2007), and Komai et al (2013).…”

New Records of Hermit Crab (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) From Maharashtra Coast of India

“…Henderson (1893Henderson ( , 1915, Alcock (1905), Southwell (1906), Sundara Raj (1927, Reddi (1935), Kamalaveni (1950), Khan, S.A. and R. Natarajan (1984) and Thomas (1989). In the interim, there have been a number of changes occurred in the nomenclature and systematics and new addition to the faunal list (Komai et al, 2012;2013;and Reshmi and Bijukumar, 2010and 2011. Even though, there are few works has been done, there exists uncertainty in both genus and species level which needs further more attention.…”