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1 F.P. Spirit Building, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, IN
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Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 113, No 1 (2013), Pagination: 235-237
Abstract
Two giant female mantis shrimps were collected from the Outer Channel of the Chilika lagoon, Odisha by the staff of the Chilika Development Authority, Bhubaneswar, on 20-03-2002 during the course of their regular monitoring surveys. A detailed taxonomic examination of the specimen revealed its identity as Harpiosquilla raphidae (Fabricius, 1798), the largest known stomatopod, first time ever from brackish water ecosystem.
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