Platypodia granulosa (Rüppell, 1830)

Muñoz, Isabel, García-Raso, J. Enrique, Chillón, Begoña Sánchez & Cuesta, Jose A., 2025, Marine crabs from African waters housed in the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN-CSIC): An opportunity for biogeographic and systematic studies. Part I: Heterotremata (Decapoda, Brachyura), European Journal of Taxonomy 996, pp. 1-94 : 82

Platypodia granulosa (Rüppell, 1830)

Fig. 92

Material examined

MAURITIUS • 1 ♂ (37 ×25.9, dry specimen); “Sala del Mar” exhibition; 1850; MNCN20.04/00172 .

Remarks

The specimen was previously only identified as Platypodia . This work provides the first record of P. granulosa in Mauritian waters.

For identification, see also Serène (1984).

Figures

Fig. 92. Platypodia granulosa (Rüppell, 1830), dry specimen MNCN20.04/00172 inside a glass and wooden box. Scale bars = 1 cm.