On New Records of Freshwater Crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda:brachyura) from Himachal Pradesh, Western Himalayas

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  • M. K. Dev Roy
     Crustacea Section, Zoological Survey of India, 27, Jawaharlal Nehru Road, Kolkata – 700016 ,IN
  • S. Mitra
     Crustacea Section, Zoological Survey of India, 27, Jawaharlal Nehru Road, Kolkata – 700016 ,IN

Abstract

Himachal Pradesh, a part of the western Himalayas lying between latitudes 30º 22´ 40´´- 33º 12´ 44´´ N and longitudes 75º 45´ 55´´- 79º 04´ 20´´ E at an altitudinal variation of 350- 7000 m is rich in faunal diversity. But, crustacean fauna, especially the brachyuran crabs are poorly known from the state. Henderson (1893) was the first to record a freshwater crab from the state, viz., Telphusa atkinsoniana [= Himalayapotamon atkinsonianum (Wood-Mason, 1871)], belonging to the family Potamidae. He reported it from Kangra and Simla. Subsequently, Doflein (1900) recorded another crab Potamon larnaudii [(= Larnaudia larnaudii (A. Milne Edwards, 1869)] from Simla, Himalayas. After a short gap, Rathbun described the crab Potamon (Potamon) koolooense [(= Himalayapotamon koolooense (Rathbun, 1904)] from Kooloo Valley.

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2012-06-01

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Volume 9, Issue 1, June 2012

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