Field investigations on the shore crabs of the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay, with special reference to the ecology and behaviour of the pellet crab Scopimera proxima Kemp

Abstract

In the course of carrying out observations on the ecology and behaviour of shore crabs of Palk Bay and
\nGulf of Mannar in 1959-60, special attention was given by us for studying the burrowing habits, sexual
\ndimorphism, mating behaviour, etc., of the pellet crab Scopimera proximo Kemp details of which are embodied
\nin this paper.