Checklist of the Porcellanidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) of India

Abstract

Although the porcellanid fauna of Indian waters has been studied for more than 150 years, diversity of this family remains underestimated. In order to complement the knowledge on the porcellanid fauna of India, an annotated checklist is herein provided on the basis of published literature. A total of 30 species belonging to 11 genera are currently known from Indian waters. The distribution ranges of two porcellanids Porcellanella haigae and Pseudoporcellanella manoliensis indicate that they are endemic, as they are, so far, known only from their type locality (Gulf of Mannar, Tamilnadu). The list is arranged alphabetically by genus and species with information on species’ distribution and ecology.

Porcelain crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) of western coast of India

“…Heller 1862Heller , 1865Henderson 1893;Southwell 1906;Gravely 1927;Sankarankutty 1961aSankarankutty , b, 1963Sankolli 1966;Mustaquim 1972;Ahmed and Mustaquim 1974;Poupin et al 2013;Prakash et al 2013a). Recently, Prakash et al (2013b) provided an updated checklist of porcellanids with their distribution and ecology in Indian waters, including 30 species in 11 genera. Kumaralingam et al (2015) subsequently reported one more species Neopetrolisthes spinatus Osawa and Fujita, 2001 from the Andaman Islands as new to the Indian fauna.…”

First record of the commensal porcelain crab, Neopetrolisthes spinatus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Porcellanidae), from India

“…The anomuran family includes 30 extant genera and about 280 species in the world (Osawa & McLaughlin, 2010). Prakash et al (2013) provided an updated checklist of porcellanids recorded from India, including 30 species in 11 genera. Among them, Neopetrolisthes maculatus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) (recorded as Petrolisthes ohshimai in Miyake, 1937) was the sole species of the genus known from India and it was recorded from the Gulf of Mannar (Sankarankutty, 1963).…”