Resumen de First Record of Ozius tuberculosus H. Milne Edwards (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from the East Coast of India
Somesh Banerjee, Chemmencheri Ramakrishnan Sreeraj
The study deals with the widespread distribution of Ozius tuberculosus H. Milne Edwards, 1834 species in Visakhapatnam. Currently, the distribution of O. tuberculosus, covers the Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, the Lakshadweep Islands, and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, which herein we report the new record from Yarada beach (17° 39’ 17.28’’ N, 83° 16’ 10.92’’ E), Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh as well as east coast of India. Additionally, we provided new details regarding the geographic range of this species in India as well as a taxonomic comparision of Ozius species reported to the country.
