Eight New Records of Caridean (Crustacea: Decapoda) Shrimps From Shallow Water along the Coastal Area of Gujarat

Barkha Purohit and Kauresh D Vachhrajani^*

Marine Biodiversity and Ecology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara-390002, Gujarat, India

*Corresponding Author : Kauresh D Vachhrajani
Marine Biodiversity and Ecology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda,Vadodara-390002, Gujarat, India
Tel: 9408422442
E-mail: kauresh@gmail.com

Received: January 07, 2019 Accepted: March 01, 2019 Published: March 05, 2019

Citation: Purohit B, Vachhrajani KD (2019) Eight New Records of Caridean (Crustacea: Decapoda) Shrimps From Shallow Water along the Coastal Area of Gujarat. J Mar Biol Oceanogr 8:1. doi: 10.4172/2324-8661.1000200

This paper reports eight species of caridean shrimps first time from the Gujarat coast i.e., Alpheus edwardsii (Audouin, 1826), Alpheus lobidens De Haan, 1849, Alpheus pacificus Dana, 1852, Athanas dimorphus Ortmann, 1894, Lysmata vittata (Stimpson, 1860), Thor amboinensis (de Man, 1888), Cuapetes grandis (Stimpson, 1860) and Palaemon pacificus (Stimpson, 1860). Present study fills gaps in the geographical distribution of these species that have previous records from the nearby areas.