A RECORD OF BOX CRAB, Matuta planipes (FABRICIUS, 1798) (CRUSTACEA: DECAPODA: MATUTIDAE) OFF THOOTHUKUDI WATER, SOUTHEAST COAST OF INDIA (08º 35’ 22.5” N LAT. 78º 27’ 40.9” E LONG AND 08º 31’ 91.2”N LAT. 78º 25’ 32.7”E)

T. Vaitheeswaran; T. Rajasekaran; S. Balasubramani

doi:10.56093/ijvasr.v44i4.173676

Authors

T. Vaitheeswaran Assistant General Manager, Research Development, Quality Control, RARBIO ENERGIES PRIVATE LIMITED
T. Rajasekaran Department of New Drug Discovery, (Marine Invertebrate Division), Cancer Drugs, #311/2, Vellalar Street, Mel Ayanambakkam, Chennai - 600 095
S. Balasubramani Department of New Drug Discovery, (Marine Invertebrate Division), Cancer Drugs, #311/2, Vellalar Street, Mel Ayanambakkam, Chennai - 600 095

https://doi.org/10.56093/ijvasr.v44i4.173676

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Matuta planipes - Matutidae – First record from Thoothukudi coast of Gulf of Mannar

Abstract

The box crab, Matuta planipes (Fabricius, 1798), were caught in the trawl net operated off Thoothukudi at a depth of around 305-310 m during June 2014. One male specimen of the said species was collected as an incidental by-catch in the trawl fisheries off Thoothukudi coast of Gulf of Mannar, from India, between 08º 35’ 22.5” N lat. 78º 27’ 40.9” E long and 08º 31’ 91.2”N lat. 78º 25’ 32.7”E long at a depth of 305-310 m. Matuta planipes (Fabricius, 1798), reported in India during 1986 (Alcock, 1896) from Indian Ocean and further there are no published reports on occurrence of this species along the Thoothukudi coast of Gulf of Mannar.

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