Title: RE-DESCRIPTION OF LUPOCYCLUS PHILIPPINENSIS (CRUSTACEA: DECAPODA: BRACHYURA: PORTUNIDAE) SEMPER IN NAUCK, 1880 FROM THE COASTAL WATERS OF KARACHI, PAKISTAN
Authors: Hamid Badar Osmani, Farah Naz, Noor Saher
Journal: Pakistan Journal of Marine Science
Publisher: Marine Reference Collection and Resource Centre, University of Karachi
Country: Pakistan
Year: 2019
Volume: 28
Issue: 2
Language: English
Keywords: KarachiLupocyclus philippinensisPakistanRe descriptionScissor crab
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A specimen of the Lupocyclus philippinensis Semper in Nauck, 1880 commonly known as scissor swimming crab, was recently found in by catch of shrimp trawling and included as part of continuous taxonomic studies on crabs found in the coastal waters of Pakistan. The discovery is significant because it found after a long time. Redescription of L. philippinensis following the discovery of a female caught at Karachi fish harbor, Pakistan by Leene and Buitendijk (1952).
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