<b>First record of the Two-striped Box Crab <I>Calappa bilineata</I> Ng, Lai & Aungtonya, 2002 (Brachyura: Calappidae) from St. Martin’s Island, Bangladesh</b>
<p>As part of survey of a BS (hons) study tour conducted by the Department of Zoology, University of Dhaka, two specimens of box crab were caught with a beach seine net from the northern beach in front of the Hotel Prince Heaven (20<sup>0</sup>38’07.50”N & 92<sup>0<...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society
2017-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of Threatened Taxa |
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| Online Access: | http://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/2943 |
| Summary: | <p>As part of survey of a BS (hons) study tour conducted by the Department of Zoology, University of Dhaka, two specimens of box crab were caught with a beach seine net from the northern beach in front of the Hotel Prince Heaven (20<sup>0</sup>38’07.50”N & 92<sup>0</sup>19’34.68”E) on new moon of 07<sup>th</sup> December 2012. Those box crabs were identified as the Two Striped Box Crab <em>Calappa </em>bilineata Ng, Lai & Aungtonya, 2002 which is turned out as a new record for Bangladesh and a record for the northern part of the Bay of Bengal.</p><div> </div> |
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| ISSN: | 0974-7893 0974-7907 |