A NEW FRESHWATER CRAB, OZIOTELPHUSA PARAKKAI SP. NOV. FROM TAMIL NADU, INDIA (BRACHYURA: GECARCINUCIDAE)Teeni Janet Raj T.G., Shyla Suganthi A., Tyni Joice Raj T.G.,Anilkumar G. and Neil CumberlidgeAbstract A new species of freshwater crab of the genus Oziotelphusa Muller, 1887, is described from a lake in Tamil Nadu, southern India. Oziotelphusa parakkai sp. is recognized as a new species based on a unique combination of characters of the abdomen, carapace, chelipeds, and first gonopods. |