FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes Western

Eriphiidae 1105
6a. Dorsal surface of carapace smooth or with numerous small, shallow pits (Fig. 7) . . .Ozius guttatus
6b. Dorsal surface of carapace with numerous small but distinct rounded granules (Fig. 8)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ozius tuberculosus
small shallow
pits
7a. Dorsal surface of carapace and chelipeds granulose (Fig. 9) . . . . . . . . Myomenippe hardwickii
7b. Dorsal surface of carapace and chelipeds smooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . → 8
8a. Basis-ischium and merus of cheliped movable, with suture demarcating them still
distinct (Fig. 10a); reddish brown in life; non-mangrove species . . . . . . . . . . Menippe rumphii
8b. Basis-ischium and merus of cheliped fused, immovable, with suture demarcating them
partially to almost completely reduced (Fig. 10b); dirty-brown in life; usually mangrove
species . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Myomenippe fornasinii
outer surface
of palm
smooth
Fig. 9 Myomenippe hardwickii
(from De Man, 1887)
List of species of interest to fisheries occurring in the area
The symbol is given when species accounts are included.
Epixanthus dentatus (White, 1847)
Eriphia sebana (Shaw and Nodder, 1803)
Eriphia smithii (MacLeay, 1838)
Hypothalassia armata (De Haan, 1835)
Menippe rumphii (Fabricius, 1798)
Myomenippe hardwickii (Gray, 1831)
Myomenippe fornasinii (Bianconi, 1851)
Ozius guttatus H. Milne Edwards, 1834
Ozius tuberculosus H. Milne Edwards, 1834
Fig. 7 Ozius guttatus
(from A. Milne Edwards, 1873)
small rounded
tubercles
basis-ischium
Fig. 8 Ozius tuberculosus
(from A. Milne Edwards, 1873)
suture
distinct
suture
reduced
a) Menippe rumphii b) Myomenippe fornasinii
Fig. 10 basis-ischium and merus of cheliped
References
Alcock, A. 1898. Materials for a carcinological fauna of India. No. 3. The Brachyura Cyclometopa. Part I. The family
Xanthidae. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 67(2), No. 1:67-233.
Serène, R. 1984. Crustacés Décapodes Brachyoures de l’Ocean Indien occidental et de la Mer Rouge. Xanthoidea:
Xanthidae et Trapeziidae. Addendeum Carpiliidae et Menippidae - A. Crosnier. Faune Tropicale (ORSTOM),
24:1-400.
merus
basis-ischium
merus