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Background: Arcotheres purpureus, a species of pea crab has been reported from the Red Sea, Maldives and Andaman Sea with no description of the male. According to existing literature the single host for this species is Ostrea.

Two species of goneplacid crabs, Carcinoplax longimana and C. longipes, are recorded for the first time from Odisha coast off Devi estuary, northeast coast of India. This finding is indicative of a range extension in the distribution of the species northwards along the east coast. Considering the lack of information on brachyuran crabs from Odisha, this communication is an attempt in contributing to a database on this ecologically significant group of benthos.