Key Features: Entire animal covered with a thick coat of long hair and appendages not perceptible unless completely denuded, external orbital tooth with accessory subhepatic tooth.

 

Diet: feeds on algae.

 

Habitat: usually prefer coral reefs and rocky beaches.

 

Conservation status: Not Evaluated

 

Distribution in the GoK: reported along the coast of Paga, Boria, Chank, Noru, Bhaidar, Chusana, Gandiya Kadu, Panero, Okha and Shan-ni-ani region.

 

 

 

 

 

References:

Pilumnus vespertilo. In Brachyuran Crabs of West Coast, India. National Institute of Oceanography. Retrieved on August 25, 2014 from http://www.nio.org/userfiles/file/brachyuran/pilumnus_vespertilio.html

 

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