WoRMS taxon details
Pleistacantha kannu Ng, Ravinesh & Ravichandran, 2017
1047301 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1047301)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Ng, P.K.L.; Ravinesh, R.; Ravichandran, S. (2017). A new large oregoniid spider crab of the genus <em>Pleistacantha</em> Miers, 1879, from the Bay of Bengal, India (Crustacea, Brachyura, Majoidea). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 716: 127-146., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.716.21349 [details] Available for editors 
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Type locality contained in Bay of Bengal
type locality contained in Bay of Bengal [details]
Etymology Name after the late Professor T. Kannupandi, an influential crustacean worker from the Centre of Advanced Study in Marine...
LSID urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:9FB362C1-38CF-4532-A1AE-ABCD3A2C5738
Etymology Name after the late Professor T. Kannupandi, an influential crustacean worker from the Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology in Annamalai University. The name, a shortened version of his family name, is used as a noun in apposition. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:9FB362C1-38CF-4532-A1AE-ABCD3A2C5738
LSID urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:9FB362C1-38CF-4532-A1AE-ABCD3A2C5738 [details]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Pleistacantha kannu Ng, Ravinesh & Ravichandran, 2017. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1047301 on 2025-04-25
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Nomenclature
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Ng, P.K.L.; Ravinesh, R.; Ravichandran, S. (2017). A new large oregoniid spider crab of the genus <em>Pleistacantha</em> Miers, 1879, from the Bay of Bengal, India (Crustacea, Brachyura, Majoidea). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 716: 127-146., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.716.21349 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Etymology Name after the late Professor T. Kannupandi, an influential crustacean worker from the Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology in Annamalai University. The name, a shortened version of his family name, is used as a noun in apposition. [details]Holotype male (cl 106.2 mm, pcl 87.4 mm, cw 87.0 mm) (CASAU), Pazhayar, coll. S. Ravichandran et al., 2017 [details]
LSID urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:9FB362C1-38CF-4532-A1AE-ABCD3A2C5738 [details]
