On Indian species of Nanosesarma Tweedie, 1950 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Sesarmidae)

Abstract Four species of sesarmid crabs of the genus Nanosesarma Tweedie, 1950, have been reported from India: Nanosesarma andersoni (De Man, 1888), Nanosesarma batavicum (Moreira, 1903), Nanosesarma jousseaumei (Nobili, 1906), and Nanosesarma minutum (De Man, 1887). In the present study, one more species, Nanosesarma sarii Naderloo and Türkay, 2009 is reported for the first time from India along with the diagnosis and illustrations of the five Indian Nanosesarma species.

摘要：1950年Tweedie建立的小方蟹属（Nanosesarma）拟方蟹科（Sesarmidae）蟹类中，此前已有4种在印度被正式报道，分别为安德森小方蟹（Nanosesarma andersoni，De Man, 1888）、巴达维亚小方蟹（Nanosesarma batavicum，Moreira, 1903）、朱西厄小方蟹（Nanosesarma jousseaumei，Nobili, 1906）以及细小小方蟹（Nanosesarma minutum，De Man, 1887）。本研究首次在印度报道该属第5个物种——萨里小方蟹（Nanosesarma sarii，Naderloo & Türkay, 2009），并附带印度境内已知5种小方蟹属物种的鉴别特征与形态图示。