Additional report on armstrongs’ spider crab, Encephaloides armstrongi Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891 (crustacea, decapoda, brachyura, majidae) from Pakistanis waters. | [FUUAST Journal of Biology • 2014]

Author(s):

1. Quddusi B. Kazmi: Marine Reference Collection and Resource Center (MRCC), University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan

2. Muhammad Moazzam: Marine Fisheries Department, Government of Pakistan

Abstract:

Encephaloides is a monotypic genus with only one species, E. armstrongi, now known to be widely distributed in both the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal (Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891; Creasy et al, 1997). Its placement into subfamily Pisinae (Family Majidae) has been discussed by Griffin and Tranter (1986). It is one of the distinctive Indo-Pacific majids (Griffin, 1974), known to inhabit low oxygen waters. The genus and its species will be an addition to the crab list of Pakistan (Kazmi, 2003;). The paper includes a brief description, necessary illustrations with a note on its distribution and habitat.

Page(s): 265-267

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Published: Journal: FUUAST Journal of Biology, Volume: 4, Issue: 2, Year: 2014

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