New record of brachyuran crabs from the Visakhapatnam coast, Andhra Pradesh

Abstract

Two species of brachyuran crabs from two families, Eucrate indica Castro & Ng, 2010 belonging to the family Euryplacidae and another one is Liagore rubromaculata (De Haan, 1983) belonging to the family Xanthidae are reported for the first time from the Visakhapatnam coast, Andhra Pradesh. The crabs were collected from the Visakhapatnam fishing harbour in the trawl bycatch during the reef and reef-associated faunal survey along Andhra coast. The morphological features, taxonomical systematic, colour and distribution of these crabs are discussed herein.