Ecology, Environment and Conservation Paper

ANNOTATED CHECKLIST OF FRESHWATER CRABS OF TAMILNADU, INDIA

Sruthi H. and N. Thirunavukkarasu

Abstract

Tamil Nadu being a potentially biodiversity rich state in India is still in need of proper taxonomic revision on freshwater species especially on crabs. A proper inventory would describe the distribution and diversity of the species and also highlights the taxonomic revisions. This work is aimed to provide annotated checklist of freshwater crabs of Tamil Nadu which describes about the distribution, ecology and current status of these species. About 21 species of freshwater crabs has been reported from Tamil Nadu so far and nearly 50% of species are data deficient in IUCN 2021.