Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca Latreille, 1802
Order: Decapoda Latreille, 1802
Family: Homolodromiidae Alcock, 1899
Homolodromia rajeevani Padate, Cubelio & Jayachandran, 2020
Collection: Arabian Sea, 14.37°N, 73.03°E, 957 m, 09.04.2018 (FORVSS 374, St. 10); Arabian Sea, 14.39°N, 73.03°E, 957 m, 28.02.2018 (FORVSS 372, St. 5); Bay of Bengal, 11.01°N, 80.30°E, 645 m, 00.08.2010 (FORVSS 279, St. 1). High Speed Demersal Trawl (Crustacean Version).
Voucher No.: CMLRE IO/SS/BRC/000174 to IO/SS/BRC/00179
Description: Carapace inflated, simple long setae on carapace and appendages, slender pseudo-rostral spines separated by a U-shaped base, slender arched dactylus of cheliped with maximum elevation at proximal part bearing broadly circular depressions with sparse setae; pereiopod 4 thumb bearing 3 subdistal spines, 4 spines opposing dactylus, pereiopod 5 thumb bearing 2 subdistal spines, 7 spines opposing dactylus.
Biological association: None.
Remarks: First distributional record of the genus Homolodromia A. Milne-Edwards, 1880 from the Northern Indian Ocean.
Distribution: Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal. Depth range: 645–957 m.
Distribution map:
Identified by: Vinay P. Padate
Publication: Padate V.P., Sherine Sonia Cubelio, Jayachandran K.V. (2020) Description of a new species of deep-water crab of the genus Homolodromia A. Milne-Edwards, 1880 from the northern Indian Ocean (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Homolodromiidae). Marine Biology Research, DOI: 10.1080/17451000.2020.1735641
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