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Locality : Pandharpur, Aurangabad.
15. Cyclops (Microcyclops) varicans Sars. var. pachyspina Lindberg
Locality : Nagpur, Chanda, Aurangabad, Bombay, Powai Lake, Salsette, Ghatkopar,
Lonavla, Karla, Malavli, Kurudvadi, Pandharpur, Vengurla, Savantwadi.
16. Cyclops (Microcyclops) varicans var. subaequalis (Kiefer)
Locality : Pandharpur.
17. Cyclops (Microcyclops) davidi var. subtropicus
Locality : Powai & Vihar Lakes, Ghatkopar (Bombay)
18. Halicyclops canui sp. nov.
Locality : Bandra (Bombay)
19. Halicyclops thermophilic spinifer (Kiefer)
Locality : Bandra, Kurla (Bombay).
20. Macrocyclops distinctus (Richard)
Locality : Pandharpur, Powai Lake, Salsette, Bombay.
Sub-class : Malacostraca.
Series : Eulmalacostraca.
Order : Decapoda (Land Crabs only).
1. Gecarcinucus (Gecarcinucus) jacquemontii (Milne-Edwards)
This is distributed over the Thana and Kolaba districts and also over the tracts of the
Deccan immediately to the east of the Sahyadri range. These are the only parts of India
where this species occurs. It is locally known as "Mutpya" from its resemblance to the
fish. The colour varies from light to dark brown, chelipeds markedly unequal in both
sexes but most so in the adult male. In a large male the Carapace is 15/16" long and 2"
broad and 7/8" deep.
2. Paratelphusa (Barytelphusa) guerini (Milne-Edwards).
This species is to be found in Thana and Kolaba districts and in the Deccan. It also
exists in other parts of India. It i of various colours, dark brownish with yellowish
border, Whitish etc. The dark brownish are invariably females; those inter¬mediate in
colour both males and females while the whitish are invariably males. The eye stalks are
very prominent, white in colour with black hip. The female has a very broad abdomen.
Its local name is " khekada ".
Chelipeds are much more unequal in the male than in the female.
3. Paratelphusa (Barytelphusa) jacquemontii (Rathb.)
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