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http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/43448| Title: | First record of a burrowing mole crab Emerita emeritus (Decapoda: Anomura: Hippidae) from Chilika Lake, East coast of India |
| Authors: | Mahapatro, Debasish Karna, Subodha K. Mohanty, Surya K. Mohanty, Bita Muduli, P. R. Pattnaik, Ajit K. Nanda, Susanta |
| Keywords: | First record;Mole crab;Emerita emeritus Chilika Lake |
| Issue Date: | Jan-2018 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| Abstract: | This paper provides the first information regarding the first record of a burrowing crab Emerita emeritus Linnaeus, 1767 (Family Hippidae) from the Chilika lake. It is first ever to record mole crab from a brackish water coastal ecosystem. The extensive sandy intertidal region of outer channel area becomes the suitable habitat for the preponderance of this crab species. |
| Page(s): | 109-113 |
| ISSN: | 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print) |
| Appears in Collections: | IJMS Vol.47(01) [January 2018] |
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