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2.1 Materials examined
One specimen (total length 52 mm; carapace length 17 mm; weighing about 5 gm) collected from Thoothukudi beach
between 08º35' 22.5" N lat. 78º27' 40.9" E long and 08º31' 91.2"N lat. 78º25' 32.7"E long at a depth of 305-310 m
(Figure 1), Thoothukudi district, TamilNadu, India (Figure 2;Figure 3; Figure 4; Figure 5; Figure 6). The reference
materials are deposited in the museum collections of the Department of New Drug Discovery (Marine Invertebrate
Division), RARBIO Energies Private Limited, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Munida semoni
Ortmann, 1894
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Munida curvipes
BENEDICT, 1902
Note: Right cheliped, dorsal view
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Munida semoni
Ortmann, 1894 Carapace
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Munida semoni
Ortmann 1894-Ventral view of
cephalic region, showing antennular and antennal peduncles
