Record of Chaceon alcocki Ghosh & Manning, 1993 from the Arabian Sea, off Kollam, India

Abstract

Abstract The deep-sea crab Chaceon alcocki Ghosh & Manning, 1993 was recorded from the Arabian Sea off the Kollam coast, Kerala, India, in November 2015. A single female crab with 156 mm carapace width (CW), 146 mm carapace length (CL) and a total weight (TW) of 655 g, was collected from multiday trawl landings at the Sakthikulangara landing centre, Kollam, Kerala state. This species was first described by Ghosh & Manning in 1993, and the holotype, also a female crab, is kept in the Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata [formerly known as Calcutta].