General information |
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Portunus pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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Common name | Flower crab, Blue crab, Blue swimmer crab, Blue manna crab, Sand crab |
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Valid name |
Portunus (Portunus) pelagicus |
Synonyms |
Cancer cedonulli Herbst, 1794 Cancer pelagicus Forskal, 1775 Cancer pelagicus Linnaeus, 1758 Lupa pelagica (Linnaeus, 1758) Portunus (Portunus) pelagicus var. sinensis Shen, 1932 Portunus denticulatus Marion de Proce, 1822 |
IUCN Red List status (2014) |
Not Reported |
Habitat |
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Systematics |
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Ecdysozoa; Arthropoda; Crustacea; Malacostraca; Eumalacostraca; Eucarida; Decapoda; Pleocyemata; Brachyura; Eubrachyura; Portunoidea; Portunidae. |
Geographical distribution |
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Occurrence |
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Importance |
Food |
Remarks |
Nil |
Karyological information |
Geographical area of study |
Satapada, Chilika lagoon, Odisha, India |
Source of chromosomes |
Testes tissues |
Number of specimens with sex |
5 |
Diploid chromosome number |
98 |
Karyotype formula |
98a |
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Fundamental arm number |
Not reported |
Chromosome length |
1 to 2 |
Sex chromosome |
Not detected |
Chromosome staining/banding/FISH |
Not detected |
Reference(s) |
Satapathy S, Mohanty PK (2014). Karyological Analysis of Mud Crab and Flower Crab of Odisha.International Research Journal of Biological Sciences, 3(9): 51-56. |
Karyotype /Metaphase complement image |
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