Key Features: Four teeth on antero-lateral borders. Carapace completely areolated. Front bilaminar, the lobes so deeply concave.

Diet: feeds on algae.

 

Habitat: usually prefer coral reefs and rocks.

 

Conservation status: Not Evaluated

 

Distribution in the GoK: reported along the coast of Paga and Noru region.

 

 

 

 

 

References:

Leptodius euglyptus. In Brachyuran Crabs of West Coast, India. National Institute of Oceanography. Retrieved on August 25, 2014 from http://www.nio.org/userfiles/file/brachyuran/Leptodius_euglyptus.htm

 

Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) Project, Second Interim Progress Report, GEER Foundation, June 2012.