Scientific Name: Metopograpsus messor (Forskål, 1775)
English Name: Alamihi, Paddler Crab, Shore Crab
Local/Bangla Name: Gasho Kakra (গেছো কাঁকড়া)
Labcode: C1511Sb-34
Photo: ABR Lab
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Grapsidae
Description:
The suborbital tooth (a small projection on the side of the crab’s carapace) is pointed and has a strong keel (a ridge) running from the tip to the base. The third and fourth pereiopods (walking legs) do not have any hairs on the lower border. The fifth pereiopods (walking legs) do not have a linear fringe of hairs on the upper margin of the propodus (palm). The male abdomen has a sixth segment that is shorter than the fifth segment.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Mangrove area, on mangrove trees during high tide
Environment:
Marine (Benthic), Brackish
References:
Ahmed ATA, Kabir SMH, Ahmad M, Rahman AKA, Haque EU, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hassan MA, Khondker M (Eds.) (2008) Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol. 18. Part II. Arthropoda: Crustacea. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka, 226 pp
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