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Fo rT am fi lab s ft r a c ft ,Au ftho rCon ft r fibufion & Au ftho rDe ft a fi l s s e eendo ffth fi sa rfi c l e . A c know led gemen ft s :Th es ftud yw a sund e r ft a k ena sap a r fto ffth er e s e a r chs ftud yon“Co a s ft a land M a r fin eB fiod fi v e r s fi ft yIn ft e g r afionN e ftwo r k(CoMB IN e ) ” ,b yfth e Co a s ft a land M a r fin eR e sou r c e sCon s e r v afionD fi v fi s fion ,N afion a lC en ft r efo rSu s ft a fin ab l eCo a s ft a lM an a g em en ft ,Ch enn a fi . LOGO s 8977 Updated checklist of shrimps of the Indian coast Samuel et al. INTRODUCTION Crustacean fishery as a whole accounts for more than 7% of the total produced through aquaculture. Crustaceans also play an important role in the economy by contributing more than 60% of the marine products exported (FAO 2014). Shrimp fishery is both an important food resource and a major economic resource for India. Shrimps account for 30% of the export of marine products in weight and 64% of the revenue generated from export of marine products (Anonymous 2014). Shrimps are the single most important marine food resource that is of the highest commercial value. There are several other shrimp species that may not be of commercial importance but form an integral part of the food chain of tropical marine ecosystems. Shrimps are a highly diverse group falling under the order Decapoda containing species that are widely distributed in marine, brackish, estuarine and freshwater realms. The majority of shrimp species occupy shallow or moderately deep sea water and are generally benthic, thriving on a variety of substrata such as rock, mud, peat, sand, fragments of shells or a mixture of these materials. Studies of Decapoda date back to the end of the 19th century, when exploratory surveys were carried out by the Royal Indian Marine Survey Ship (RIMS) ‘Investigator’ (Wood-Mason & Alcock 1891; Alcock & Anderson 1894, 1899; Alcock 1901; Kemp 1925). The first comprehensive catalogue of Indian deep sea Crustacea (Decapoda, Macrura and Anomala) was compiled by Alcock (1901). This was followed by several works from extensive surveys of shrimp resources in different regions of the Indian coast (e.g., Kunju 1960; George 1966; Muthu & George 1971; Mohamed & Suseelan 1973; Silas & Muthu 1976; Thomas 1979; Rao 1984; Ravindranath 1989). A total of 118 commercial shrimp species have been recorded by Suseelan (1996) that included 66 Penaeoid, 5 Sergestoid and 47 species of Caridean shrimps. Fortysix species of marine Palaemonid shrimps were recorded from the Indian seas by Jayachandran (2005) while, Karuppasamy et al. (2006) recorded 29 species of pelagic shrimps belonging to 19 genera and 11 families from the deep scattering layer (DSL) of the eastern Arabian Sea. Description of 84 Indian penaeid shrimps, along with their economic value and geographical distribution, were dealt with in detail by Kathirvel et al. (2007). Kurup et al. (2008) recorded 11 species of deep sea shrimps on the Kerala coast. A new gnathophyllid species was recorded from Lakshadweep waters by Prakash et al. (2011). Jayachandran (2010) listed 59 species of 8978 palaemonid shrimps with taxonomic status, state wise distribution and their conservation. Shanis et al. (2012) made a checklist of 24 pandalid species belonging to six genera from the Indian waters. Radhakrishnan et al. (2012) published an annotated checklist of the penaeoid, sergestoid, stenopodid and caridean shrimps of India. In their work, a total of 437 species were recorded out of which, 343 species were marine forms and 94 freshwater. This is the latest checklist available for the shrimps along the Indian coasts. Rajakumaran & Vaseeharan (2014) surveyed shrimp diversity and exploitation of family Penaeidae from the southeastern coast of India and listed 59 species. A knowledge of biodiversity will immensely help in the management of marine ecosystems and its resources. Regularly updated checklists on regional biodiversity would effectively aid in formulating proper and efficient conservation plans which require frequent/ regular surveys and timely publication updates. A recent and updated checklist of the shrimp fauna of the Indian waters is unavailable but is also most essential. The current work was carried out with an intention to produce a taxonomically verified checklist of the shrimps recorded along the Indian coast, which would be a base document for further studies. METHODS The checklist was prepared based on the collection of information from available published/reported literature, such as research articles, monographs, manuals, books, species checklists and technical reports. The scientific names were validated with the WoRMS (World Register of Marine Species) database for taxonomic status (accepted/status unknown, emendations, synonyms, alternate representations, nomen nudum, nomen dubium etc.) and the checklist was updated with currently accepted and valid names. RESULTS A total of 364 species under 128 genera of shrimp (Fig. 1 & Table 1) are reported from the Indian coastal waters reviewing all previously published literature. Taxonomic hierarchy places species in this work under the order Decapoda that is divided into two suborders, namely Dendrobranchiata and Pleocyemata. Suborder Dendrobranchiata contains 155 species placed under two superfamilies, seven families and 41 Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 26 July 2016 | 8(7): 8977–8988 Updated checklist of shrimps of the Indian coast Samuel et al. Figure 1. Flow chart representing the present classification and status of shrimps reported in Indian waters genera contributing to 42.6% of the total 364 species. Suborder Pleocyemata contains 209 species included in three infraorders, 10 superfamilies, 22 families, three subfamilies and 87 genera with a contribution of 57.4% of the total 364 species. Family Penaeidae represents the greatest number of species, accounting for 85 species within 17 genera. This was followed by families Palaemonidae with 62 species under 24 genera, Pandalidae with 27 species under nine genera and Alpheidae with 23 species under four genera. DISCUSSION The diversity range of decapod crustaceans varies by spatial differences in environmental and oceanographic conditions, particularly by depth, bottom type and characteristics of the water masses (Abello et al. 1988). In India, shrimp species have been recorded from both shallow and deep waters. The present work records a total of 364 species belonging to 128 genera after validating and updating data from earlier reports (Table 1). The highest contribution to species diversity was from the superfamily Penaeoidae (38.13%) containing five families and 135 species (Fig. 1). Within the family Penaeidae, four genera, viz., Fenneropenaeus, Litopenaeus, Marsupenaeus and Melicertus, have been synonymised with the currently accepted genus Penaeus (Fransen & De Grave 2015). Two species under the genera Parapenaeopsis, viz., P. hungerfordii and P. venusta, are accepted as Alcockpenaeopsis hungerfordii (Fransen 2015a) and Batepenaeopsis venusta (Fransen 2015b). The genus Plesiopenaeus is accepted as Cerataspis (Fransen 2015c) under the family Aristeidae. An addition of five species under two genera has been updated from the work of Shanis et al. (2012) which reported a total of 24 species under seven genera. Further, Thor maldivensis is a synonym of Thinora maldivensis (De Grave 2015) under the family Hippolytidae (Fransen 2015d). The work carried out by Radhakrishnan et al. (2012) has listed Notostomus sp. under the family Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 26 July 2016 | 8(7): 8977–8988 8979 Updated checklist of shrimps of the Indian coast Samuel et al. Table 1. Checklist of valid names of shrimps from the Indian coast with information on their geographical distribution Species name Distribution Species name Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Sub Phylum: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Sub Class: Eumalacastraca Super Order: Eucarida Order: Decapoda Sub Order: Dendrobranchiata Super Family: Penaeoidea Rafinesque, 1815 Distribution Family: Penaeidae Rafinesque, 1815 Family: Aristeidae Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891 27 Alcockpenaeopsis hungerfordii (Alcock, 1905) Bay of Bengal 28 Atypopenaeus compressipes (Henderson, 1893) Bay of Bengal 29 Atypopenaeus stenodactylus (Stimpson, 1860) Northwest, southeast 30 Batepenaeopsis venusta (de Man, 1907) Southeast coast 1 Aristaeomorpha woodmasoni Calman, 1925 Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Arabian sea, Bay of Bengal 31 Funchalia danae Burkenroad, 1940 Arabian Sea 2 Aristaeomorpha foliacea (Risso, 1827) Arabian sea, Bay of Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Islands 32 Funchalia villosa (Bouvier, 1905) West coast & Andaman & Nicobar Islands 3 Aristaeomorpha woodmasoni Calman, 1925 Southwest and southeast coast, Andaman & Nicobar Islands 33 Funchalia woodwardi Johnson, 1868 Southeast coast 4 Aristaeopsis edwardsiana (Johnson, 1868) Southwest, southeast, Lakshadweep Islands, Andaman & Nicobar Islands 34 Ganjampenaeopsis uncta (Alcock, Bay of Bengal 1905) Aristeus alcocki Ramadan, 1938 Southwest, Southeast, Lakshadweep, Kerala 35 Kishinouyepenaeopsis amicus (V.C. Nguyên, 1971) Southeast coast 5 Aristeus semidentatus Spence Bate, 1881 Southwest & Andhra Pradesh coast 36 Kishinouyepenaeopsis maxillipedo (Alcock, 1905) Southeast coast 6 Aristeus virilis (Spence Bate, 1881) 37 Andaman & Nicobar Islands Megokris granulosus (Haswell, 1879) Chennai, Kakinada 7 38 Megokris pescadoreensis (Schmitt, 1931) Southwest, Southeast 8 Cerataspis coruscans (WoodMason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, Andaman & Nicobar Islands 1891) 39 Megokris sedili (Hall, 1961) 9 Cerataspis monstruosus Gray, 1828 Southwest, southeast and northeast Bay of Bengal Minicoy, Bay of Bengal Metapenaeopsis andamanensis (Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891) Southwest, southeast, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Kerala 10 Hemipenaeus carpenteri WoodMason & Alcock, 1891 40 11 Hepomadus tener Smith, 1884 Bay of Bengal 41 Metapenaeopsis barbata (De Haan, 1844) South and northeast 12 Pseudaristeus crassipes (WoodLakshadweep Islands, Southwest Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, coast, Andaman & Nicobar 1891) Islands 42 Metapenaeopsis ceylonica Starobogatov, 1972 Kakinada 43 - Metapenaeopsis commensalis Borradaile, 1899 Lakshadweep Islands 13 Pseudaristeus kathleenae Pérez Farfante, 1987 14 Pseudaristeus protensus Pérez Farfante, 1987 East and west coast 44 Metapenaeopsis coniger (WoodSouthwest, south and northeast, Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, Andaman & Nicobar Islands 1891) 45 Metapenaeopsis gaillardi Crosnier, 1991 Southern India Chennai Family: Benthesicymidae Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891 15 Altelatipes carinatus (Smith, 1884) Lakshadweep 46 Metapenaeopsis gallensis (Pearson, 1905) 16 Bentheogennema intermedia (Spence Bate, 1888) - 47 Metapenaeopsis hilarula (de Man, 1911) East and west coast 17 Bentheogennema pasithea (de Man, 1907) Arabian sea 48 Metapenaeopsis mogiensis Rathbun, 1902 East and west coast, Andaman & Nicobar Islands 18 Benthesicymus armatus MacGilchrist, 1905 - 49 Metapenaeopsis novaeguineae (Haswell, 1879) Southeast coast 19 Benthesicymus bartletti Smith, 1882 - 50 Metapenaeopsis palmensis (Haswell, 1879) Andaman & Nicobar Islands 20 Benthesicymus investigatoris Alcock & Anderson, 1899 Gulf of Mannar, Andaman & Nicobar Islands 51 Metapenaeopsis philippi (Spence Bate, 1881) Southwest coast 21 Gennadas bouvieri Kemp, 1909 Bay of Bengal Northwest, south and northeast, Andaman & Nicobar Islands 22 Gennadas parvus Spence Bate, 1881 52 Metapenaeopsis stridulans (Alcock, 1905) Arabian sea 53 Metapenaeopsis toloensis Hall, 1962 Chennai 23 Gennadas propinquus Rathbun, 1906 Southwest and Southeast 54 Southeast coast 24 Gennadas scutatus Bouvier, 1906 Southwest coast Metapenaeopsis wellsi Racek, 1967 25 Gennadas sordidus Kemp, 1910 Goa and Arabian sea 55 Metapenaeus affinis (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) East and west coast, Andaman & Nicobar Islands 26 Gennadas tinayrei Bouvier, 1906 - 56 Metapenaeus alcocki M.J. George Gulf of Kutch & Rao, 1968 57 Metapenaeus anchistus (de Man, Southeast coast 1920) 8980 Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 26 July 2016 | 8(7): 8977–8988 Updated checklist of shrimps of the Indian coast Samuel et al. Species name Distribution Species name Distribution 58 Metapenaeus brevicornis (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) East and west coast, Andaman & Nicobar Islands 91 Pelagopenaeus balboae (Faxon, 1893) Southwest coast 59 Metapenaeus dobsoni (Miers, 1878) East and west coast, Andaman & Nicobar Islands 92 Penaeopsis jerryi Pérez Farfante, 1979 Southwest, southeast and Andaman & Nicobar Islands 60 Metapenaeus elegans de Man, 1907 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 93 Penaeopsis rectacuta (Spence Bate, 1881) Southwest, southeast and Andaman & Nicobar Islands 61 Metapenaeus endeavouri (Schmitt, 1926) Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh 94 Penaeus canaliculatus (Olivier, 1811) East and west coast, Minicoy, Andaman & Nicobar Islands 62 Metapenaeus ensis (De Haan, 1844) South and northeast, Andaman & Nicobar Islands 95 Penaeus hathor (Burkenroad, 1959) - 63 Metapenaeus intermedius (Kishinouye, 1900) Andaman & Nicobar Islands 96 Penaeus indicus H. Milne Edwards, 1837 East and west coast, Andaman & Nicobar Islands 64 Metapenaeus joyneri (Miers, 1880) Southeast coast 97 Penaeus japonicus Spence Bate, 1888 East and west coast, Andaman & Nicobar Islands 65 Metapenaeus krishnatrii Silas & Muthu, 1976 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 98 Penaeus konkani (Chandra & Bhattacharya, 2003) Goa, Malawan coast 66 Metapenaeus kutchensis P.C. Northwest and northeast coast George, M.J. George & Rao, 1963 99 67 Metapenaeus lysianassa (de Man, 1888) Penaeus latisulcatus Kishinouye, 1896 Southeast and northeast Northwest, southwest, southeast, Lakshadweep Islands, Andaman & Nicobar Islands 100 68 Metapenaeus monoceros (Fabricius, 1798) East and west coast Penaeus merguiensis de Man, 1888 East and west coast, Andaman & Nicobar Islands Northeast, southwest & Andaman & Nicobar Islands 101 69 Metapenaeus moyebi (Kishinouye, 1896) Penaeus monodon Fabricius, 1798 East and west coast, Andaman & Nicobar Islands 102 Penaeus penicillatus Alcock, 1905 Northeast and northwest 70 Metapenaeus papuensis Racek & Dall, 1965 Southeast coast 103 East and West coast, Andaman & Nicobar Islands 71 Metapenaeus stebbingi Nobili, 1904 Penaeus semisulcatus De Haan, 1844 Gulf of Kutch 104 Chennai 72 Mierspenaeopsis indica (Muthu, 1972) Penaeus silasi Muthu & Motoh, 1979 Southeast coast 105 Arabian sea 73 Parapenaeopsis acclivirostris Alcock, 1905 Penaeus similis (Chanda & Bhattacharya, 2002) East and west coast 106 Penaeus vannamei Boone, 1931 East & West coast 74 Parapenaeopsis cornuta (Kishinouye, 1900) Northwest, southeast, northeast, Andaman & Nicobar Islands 107 Trachypenaeopsis minicoyensis Thomas, 1972 Minicoy 75 Parapenaeopsis coromandelica Alcock, 1906 Southeast coast 108 Trachysalambria aspera (Alcock, 1905) Chennai, Orissa coast, Andaman & Nicobar Islands 76 Parapenaeopsis gracillima Nobili, Southeast coast 1903 109 Trachysalambria curvirostris (Stimpson, 1860) East and west coast 77 Parapenaeopsis hardwickii (Miers, 1878) Northwest, southeast and northeast 110 Trachysalambria fulva (Dall, 1957) Chennai 78 Parapenaeopsis investigatoris (Alcock & Anderson, 1899) Kerala 111 Trachysalambria longipes (Paul'son, 1875) Southeast coast 79 Parapenaeopsis longirostris Chandra & Bhattacharya, 2004 Odissa 80 Parapenaeopsis nana Alcock, 1905 South and northeast coast 81 Parapenaeopsis sculptilis (Heller, 1862) East and west coast 82 Parapenaeopsis stylifera (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) East and west coast, Andaman & Nicobar Islands 83 Parapenaeopsis tenella (Spence Bate, 1888) South and northeast Family: Solenoceridae Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891 84 Parapenaeus fissuroides fissuroides Crosnier, 1986 Southeast coast 116 Gordonella villosa (Alcock & Anderson, 1894) 85 Parapenaeus fissuroides indicus Crosnier, 1986 Mangalore 117 Hadropenaeus lucasii (Spence Bate, 1881) 86 Parapenaeus fissurus (Spence Bate, 1881) Orissa, Andaman & Nicobar Islands 118 Haliporus taprobanensis Alcock & Gulf of Mannar and Kanyakumari Anderson, 1899 87 Parapenaeus investigatoris Alcock & Anderson, 1899 Southwest, southeast, Andaman & Nicobar Islands 119 Haliporus thetis Faxon, 1893 - 88 Parapenaeus lanceolatus Kubo, 1949 Southeast coast 120 Hymenopenaeus equalis (Spence Bate, 1888) Southeast and southwest, Andaman & Nicobar Islands 89 Parapenaeus longipes Alcock, 1905 East and west coast 121 Hymenopenaeus laevis (Spence Bate, 1881) Lakshadweep 90 Parapenaeus sextuberculatus Kubo, 1949 - 122 Hymenopenaeus neptunus (Spence Bate, 1881) Bay of Bengal 123 Hymenopenaeus sewelli Ramadan, 1938 - Family: Sicyoniidae Ortmann, 1898 112 Sicyonia fallax de Man, 1907 - 113 Sicyonia lancifer (Olivier, 1811) Southwest and southeast 114 Sicyonia longicauda Rathbun, 1906 - 115 Sicyonia parajaponica Crosnier, 2003 Southwest and Southeast Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 26 July 2016 | 8(7): 8977–8988 Karwar and Minicoy 8981 Updated checklist of shrimps of the Indian coast Species name Samuel et al. Distribution Species name Distribution 124 Solenocera alfonso Pérez Farfante, 1981 Tuticorin 152 Parasergestes armatus (Krøyer, 1855) - 125 Solenocera alticarinata Kubo, 1949 - 153 Sergestes hamifer Alcock & Anderson, 1894 Arabian Sea, Andaman & Nicobar Islands 126 Solenocera annectens (WoodMason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, Andaman & NicobarIslands 1891) 154 Sergia bisulcata (Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891) Arabian sea 127 Solenocera choprai Nataraj, 1945 Southwest and east coast 155 Sergia inoa (Faxon, 1893) - 128 Solenocera crassicornis (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) East and west coast, Andaman & Nicobar Islands 129 Solenocera halli Starobogatov, 1972 East and west coast, Andaman & Nicobar Islands 130 Sub order: Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963 Infra order: Axiidea de Saint Laurent, 1979 Family: Axiidae Huxley, 1879 156 Ambiaxius alcocki (McArdle, 1900) Southwest coast Solenocera hextii Wood-Mason & East and west coast Alcock, 1891 157 Calaxiopsis felix (Alcock, 1899) - 131 Solenocera koelbeli de Man, 1911 Kerala, Andhra Pradesh 158 Eiconaxius andamanensis (Alcock, 1901) Andaman & Nicobar Islands 132 Solenocera melantho de Man, 1907 Southwest, northeast 159 Eiconaxius laccadivensis Alcock & Lakshadweep Islands Anderson, 1894 133 Solenocera pectinata (Spence Bate, 1888) Southwest coast & Andhra Pradesh Family: Callianassidae Dana, 1852 Subfamily: Callianassinae Dana, 1852 134 Solenocera pectinulata Kubo, 1949 West coast 160 135 Solenocera waltairensis M.J. George & Muthu, 1970 Kakinada, Visakhapatanam Super family: Sergestoidea Dana, 1852 Family: Luciferidae De Haan, 1849 136 137 138 Lucifer chacei Bowman, 1967 Arabian Sea, Lakshadweep Islands, Bay of Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Islands Lucifer faxoni Borradaile, 1915 Arabian Sea, Lakshadweep Islands, Bay of Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Islands Lucifer hanseni Nobili, 1905 Arabian Sea, Lakshadweep Islands, Bay of Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Islands 139 Arabian Sea, Lakshadweep Lucifer intermedius(Hansen, 1919 Islands, Bay of Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Islands 140 Lucifer orientalis Hansen, 1919 Arabian Sea, Lakshadweep Islands, Bay of Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Islands 141 Lucifer penicillifer Hansen, 1919 Arabian Sea, Lakshadweep Islands, Bay of Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Islands 142 Lucifer typus H. Milne Edwards, 1837 Arabian Sea, Lakshadweep Islands,Bay of Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Islands Family: Sergestidae Dana, 1852 Callianassa lignicola Alcock & Anderson, 1899 Bay of Bengal Infra order: Caridea Latreille, 1817 Super family: Alpheoidea Rafinesque, 1815 Family: Alpheidae Rafinesque, 1815 161 Alpheus acutofemoratus Dana, 1852 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 162 Alpheus armatus Rathbun, 1901 Chennai 163 Alpheus crockeri (Armstrong, 1941) Andaman & Nicobar Islands 164 Alpheus digitalis De Haan, 1844 Gulf of Kutch, Gujarat 165 Alpheus edwardsii (Audouin, 1826) West Bengal 166 Alpheus euphrosyne de Man, 1897 West Bengal and Tamil Nadu 167 Alpheus frontalis H. Milne Edwards, 1837 Andaman & Nicobar Island 168 Alpheus lobidens De Haan, 1849 - 169 Alpheus macroskeles Alcock & Anderson, 1899 Bay of Bengal 170 Alpheus malabaricus (Fabricius, 1775) Kerala &Southeast coast 171 Alpheus miersi Coutière, 1898 Lakshadweep Islands 172 Alpheus paludicola Kemp, 1915 Karnataka 173 Alpheus rapax Fabricius, 1798 Lakshadweep Islands 174 Alpheus spongiarum Coutière, 1897 Lakshadweep Islands 175 Alpheus strenuus strenuus Dana, 1852 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 176 Arete dorsalis Stimpson, 1860 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 177 Athanas areteformis Coutière, 1903 Lakshadweep Islands 178 Athanas dimorphus Ortmann, 1894 Karwar 143 Acetes erythraeus Nobili, 1905 Southwest coast, east coast 144 Acetes indicus H. Milne Edwards, 1830 East and west coast 145 Acetes japonicus Kishinouye, 1905 Southwest coast, Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal 146 Acetes johni Nataraj, 1949 Southwest coast 147 Acetes sibogae sibogae Hansen, 1919 West and southeast coast 148 Deosergestes rubroguttatus (Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891) - 179 Athanas djiboutensis Coutière, 1897 Lakshadweep Islands 149 Deosergestes seminudus (Hansen, 1919) - 180 Synalpheus herdmaniae Lebour, 1938 Gulf of Mannar 150 Neosergestes orientalis (Hansen, 1919) - 181 Synalpheus paraneomeris Coutière, 1905 - 151 Neosergestes semissis (Burkenroad, 1940) - 182 Synalpheus paulsoni rameswarensis Coutière, 1908 Gulf of Mannar 8982 Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 26 July 2016 | 8(7): 8977–8988 Updated checklist of shrimps of the Indian coast 183 Species name Distribution Synalpheus tumidomanus tumidomanus (Paul'son, 1875) Karwar Family: Hippolytidae Spence Bate, 1888 Samuel et al. Species name Distribution 216 Philocheras plebs (Kemp, 1916) Andaman & Nicobar Islands 217 Philocheras sabsechota (Kemp, 1911) Andaman & Nicobar Islands 218 Pontocaris affinis affinis (Alcock, 1901) Northwest coast 184 Exhippolysmata ensirostris ensirostris (Kemp, 1914) 185 Exhippolysmata punctata (Kemp, 1914) East and West coast 219 Pontocaris pennata (Spence Bate, Chennai, Kakinada 1888) 186 Latreutes anoplonyx Kemp, 1914 Northwest coast 220 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 187 Latreutes mucronatus (Stimpson, 1860) Pontocaris propensalata (Spence Bate, 1888) Kerala 188 Latreutes porcinus Kemp, 1916 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 221 Prionocrangon ommatosteres Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891 - 189 Latreutes pymoeus Nobili, 1904 - 190 Lysmata amboinensis (de Man, 1888) - 191 Lysmata vittata (Stimpson, 1860) Maharashtra 192 Merhippolyte calmani Kemp & Sewell, 1912 Southwest coast 193 Paralatreutes bicornis Kemp, 1925 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 194 Phycocaris simulans Kemp, 1916 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 195 Saron marmoratus (Olivier, 1811) Gulf of Kutch, West Bengal 196 Saron neglectus de Man, 1902 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 197 Thinora maldivensis Borradaile, 1915 Lakshadweep Islands 198 Thor amboinensis (de Man, 1888) Andaman & Nicobar Islands 199 Thor paschalis (Heller, 1862) 200 Tozeuma armatum Paulson, 1875 Arabian sea East and West coast Andaman & Nicobar Islands Family: Glyphocrangonidae Smith, 1884 222 Glyphocrangon andamanensis Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891 223 Glyphocrangon caeca WoodMason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, Bay of Bengal 1891 224 Glyphocrangon caecescens Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891 Bay of Bengal 225 Glyphocrangon cerea Alcock & Anderson, 1894 Lakshadweep Islands 226 Glyphocrangon gilesii WoodMason & Alcock, 1891 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 227 Glyphocrangon investigatoris Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891 Chennai 228 Glyphocrangon priononota Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891 Lakshadweep Islands 229 Glyphocrangon regalis Spence Bate, 1888 Kerala, Southwest coast 230 Glyphocrangon smithii WoodMason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, Andaman & Nicobar Islands 1891 231 Glyphocrangon unguiculata Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891 Family: Ogyrididae Holthuis, 1955 201 Ogyrides orientalis (Stimpson, 1860) - 202 Ogyrides striaticauda Kemp, 1915 Chilka Lake, Odisha Andaman & Nicobar Islands Arabian sea Super family: Nematocarcinoidea Smith, 1884 Family: Nematocarcinidae Smith, 1884 Super family: Bresilioidea Calman, 1896 Family: Disciadidae Rathbun, 1902 - 232 - Super family: Crangonoidea Haworth, 1825 Family: Crangonidae Haworth, 1825 Nematocarcinus cursor A. MilneEdwards, 1881 233 Nematocarcinus tenuirostris Spence Bate, 1888 Arabian sea, Andaman & Nicobar Islands 234 Nematocarcinus undulatipes Spence Bate, 1888 Lakshadweep Islands 203 Discias exul Kemp, 1920 204 Aegaeon lacazei (Gourret, 1887) Chennai 205 Parapontocaris andamanensis (Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891) Andaman & Nicobar Islands 206 Parapontocaris bengalensis (Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891) Bay of Bengal 207 Parapontophilus abyssi (Smith, 1884) - 508 Parapontophilus gracilis gracilis (Smith, 1882) - 209 Philocheras angustirostris (de Man, 1918) Andaman & Nicobar Islands 210 Philocheras candidus (Kemp, 1916) Family: Rhynchocinetidae Ortmann, 1890 235 Cinetorhynchus hendersoni (Kemp, 1925) Andaman & Nicobar Islands 236 Rhynchocinetes durbanensis Gordon, 1936 Netrani Island, Karnataka Super family: Oplophoroidea Dana, 1852 Family: Acanthephyridae Spence Bate, 1888 237 Acanthephyra armata A. MilneEdwards, 1881 - 238 Acanthephyra curtirostris WoodMason & Alcock, 1891 - Andaman & Nicobar Islands 239 Acanthephyra eximia Smith, 1884 - 211 Philocheras hendersoni (Kemp, 1915) Andaman & Nicobar Islands 240 Acanthephyra fimbriata Alcock & Anderson, 1894 Bay of Bengal 212 Philocheras incisus (Kemp, 1916) Andaman & Nicobar Islands 213 Philocheras lowisi (Kemp, 1916) Andaman & Nicobar Islands 241 Acanthephyra sanguinea WoodMason [in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1892] Kerala, west coast 214 Philocheras parvirostris (Kemp, 1916) Gulf of Mannar 242 Ephyrina hoskynii Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891 Bay of Bengal 215 Philocheras pilosus (Kemp, 1916) Gulf of Mannar Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 26 July 2016 | 8(7): 8977–8988 8983 Updated checklist of shrimps of the Indian coast Species name Samuel et al. Distribution Species name Distribution 243 Heterogenys microphthalma (Smith, 1885) - 274 Conchodytes biunguiculatus (Paul'son, 1875) Andaman & Nicobar Islands 244 Hymenodora gracilis Smith, 1886 West coast 275 245 Meningodora vesca (Smith, 1886) Bay of Bengal Conchodytes placunae (Johnson, 1967) Andaman & Nicobar Islands, southern India Notostomus sp. A. MilneEdwards, 1881 276 Conchodytes tridacnae Peters, 1852 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 246 277 Coralliocaris graminea (Dana, 1852) Andaman & Nicobar Islands 278 Coralliocaris nudirostris (Heller, 1861) Gulf of Mannar 279 Coralliocaris superba (Dana, 1852) Andaman & Nicobar Islands 280 Cuapetes agag (Kemp, 1922) Andaman & Nicobar Islands 281 Cuapetes amymone (de Man, 1902) Andaman & Nicobar Islands Super family: Palaemonoidea Rafinesque, 1815 Family: Gnathophyllidae Dana, 1852 282 Cuapetes andamanensis (Kemp, 1922) Andaman & Nicobar Islands Pycnocaris chagoae Bruce, 1972 283 Cuapetes demani (Kemp, 1915) Chennai, Tamil Nadu 284 Cuapetes elegans (Paul'son, 1875) Lakshadweep Islands 285 Cuapetes grandis (Stimpson, 1860) Kochi Backwaters 286 Cuapetes longirostris (Borradaile, Andaman & Nicobar Islands 1915) 287 Cuapetes seychellensis (Borradaile, 1915) Andaman & Nicobar Islands West coast Family: Oplophoridae Dana, 1852 247 Oplophorus gracilirostris A. Milne-Edwards, 1881 Southwest coast 248 Oplophorus spinosus (Brullé, 1839) Southwest coast 249 Oplophorus typus H. Milne Edwards, 1837 [in H. Milne Edwards, 1834-1840] West coast 250 Agatti, Lakshadweep Islands Family: Hymenoceridae Ortmann, 1890 251 Hymenocera picta Dana, 1852 Minicoy Family: Palaemonidae Rafinesque, 1815 252 Leander tenuicornis (Say, 1818) - 253 Palaemon belindae (Kemp, 1925) - 254 Palaemon concinnus Dana, 1852 - 255 Palaemon debilis Dana, 1852 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 288 Cuapetes tenuipes (Borradaile, 1898) Andaman & Nicobar Islands 256 Palaemon pacificus (Stimpson, 1860) - 289 Dactylonia anachoreta (Kemp, 1922) Chennai, Tamil Nadu 257 Palaemon semmelinkii (de Man, 1881) - 290 Dasella herdmaniae (Lebour, 1938) Gulf of Mannar 258 Palaemon serrifer (Stimpson, 1860) - 291 Dasycaris symbiotes Kemp, 1922 Visakhapatnam 259 Palaemon sewelli (Kemp, 1925) - 292 Harpiliopsis beaupresii (Audouin, 1826) Andaman & Nicobar Islands Sub family: Palaemoninae Rafinesque, 1815 293 Harpiliopsis depressa (Stimpson, 1860) Tamil Nadu coast 294 Harpiliopsis spinigera (Ortmann, 1890) Andaman & Nicobar Islands 260 Exopalaemon styliferus (H. Milne Edwards, 1840) - 261 Leandrites celebensis (de Man, 1881) Kerala, Tamil Nadu 295 Jocaste lucina (Nobili, 1901) Andaman & Nicobar Islands 262 Macrobrachium divakarani Jayachandran, 2001 Kerala 296 Palaemonella lata Kemp, 1922 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 263 Macrobrachium equidens (Dana, 1852) West Bengal, Kerala, Goa 297 Palaemonella rotumana (Borradaile, 1898) Andaman & Nicobar Islands Macrobrachium rosenbergii (de Man, 1879) Kerala, Karnataka, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu 298 Periclimenella spinifera (de Man, 1902) Andaman & Nicobar Islands 264 299 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 265 Nematopalaemon karnafuliensis (Ali Azam Khan, Fincham & Mahmood, 1980) Periclimenes alcocki (Kemp, 1922) West Bengal 300 Periclimenes brevicarpalis (Schenkel, 1902) Gulf of Mannar 266 Nematopalaemon tenuipes (Henderson, 1893) Northwest, south and northeast coast 301 Periclimenes digitalis Kemp, 1922 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 267 Rhopalaemon belindae (Kemp, 1925) Gulf of Mannar 302 Periclimenes diversipes Kemp, 1922 Gulf of Mannar 268 Urocaridella urocaridella (Holthuis, 1950) Odisha 303 Periclimenes incertus Borradaile, 1915 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 304 Periclimenes inornatus Kemp, 1922 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 305 Periclimenes kempi Bruce, 1969 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 306 Periclimenes laccadivensis (Alcock & Anderson, 1894) Lakshadweep Islands 307 Periclimenes leptopus Kemp, 1922 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 308 Periclimenes obscurus Kemp, 1922 Kerala, Trivandrum Sub family: Pontoniinae Kingsley, 1879 269 Allopontonia brockii (de Man, 1888) Andaman & Nicobar Islands 270 Anchistus custos (Forskål, 1775) Andaman & Nicobar Islands 271 Anchistus demani Kemp, 1922 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 272 Anchistus miersi (de Man, 1888) Andaman & Nicobar Islands 273 Anchistus pectinis Kemp, 1925 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 8984 Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 26 July 2016 | 8(7): 8977–8988 Updated checklist of shrimps of the Indian coast Species name Samuel et al. Distribution Species name Distribution 309 Periclimenes proximus Kemp, 1922 - 340 Stylopandalus richardi (Coutière, 1905) Bay of Bengal 310 Periclimenes rex Kemp, 1922 Gulf of Mannar, Chennai Family: Thalassocarididae Spence Bate, 1888 311 Philarius gerlachei (Nobili, 1905) Gulf of Mannar 341 312 Phycomenes indicus (Kemp, 1915) South coast, Nicobar Island, Chilka lake Chlorotocoides spinicauda (de Man, 1902) 342 Thalassocaris crinita (Dana, 1852) Andaman & Nicobar Islands 313 Vir orientalis (Dana, 1852) Andaman & Nicobar Islands 343 Thalassocaris lucida (Dana, 1852) Southwest coast 344 Thalassocaris obscura (Gopala Menon & Williamson, 1971) Super family: Pandaloidea Haworth, 1825 Family: Pandalidae Haworth, 1825 Andaman & NicobarIslands Arabian sea 314 Chlorocurtis jactans (Nobili, 1904) Andaman & Nicobar Islands Super family: Pasiphaeoidea Dana, 1852 Family: Pasiphaeidae Dana, 1852 315 Chlorotocella gracilis Balss, 1914 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 345 316 Chlorotocus crassicornis (A. Costa, 1871) Eupasiphae gilesii (Wood-Mason, Andaman & Nicobar Islands 1892) Andaman & Nicobar Islands 346 Eupasiphae latirostris (WoodMason & Alcock, 1891) Arabian sea 317 Dorodotes reflexus Spence Bate, 1888 Bay of Bengal 347 Glyphus marsupialis Filhol, 1884 Arabian sea 318 Heterocarpus dorsalis Spence Bate, 1888 Arabian Sea, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Bay of Bengal 348 Leptochela (Leptochela) aculeocaudata Paul'son, 1875 Southwest coast 319 Heterocarpus ensifer A. MilneEdwards, 1881 Southeast and west coast 349 Leptochela (Leptochela) robusta Stimpson, 1860 Southwest coast 320 Heterocarpus gibbosus Spence Bate, 1888 Southeast and west coast, Andaman & Nicobar Islands 350 Pasiphaea alcocki Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891 Southwest, southeast coast 321 Heterocarpus laevigatus Spence Bate, 1888 Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal 351 Pasiphaea unispinosa WoodMason, 1892 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 322 Heterocarpus longirostris MacGilchrist, 1905 Bay of Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Islands 352 323 Heterocarpus sibogae de Man, 1917 Southwest coast, Andaman & Nicobar Islands Psathyrocaris fragilis WoodMason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1893 Psathyrocaris infirma Alcock & Anderson, 1894 Southwest coast 324 Arabian Sea, Lakshadweep Islands, Andaman & Nicobar Island 353 Heterocarpus tricarinatus Alcock & Anderson, 1894 354 Psathyrocaris platyophthalmus Alcock & Anderson, 1894 Lakshadweep Islands 325 Heterocarpus woodmasoni Alcock, 1901 Southeast, west coast, Andaman & Nicobar Island 355 Psathyrocaris plumosa Alcock & Anderson, 1894 - 326 Parapandalus longicauda (Rathbun, 1901) Kakinada Super family: Processoidea Ortmann, 1896 Family: Processidae Ortmann, 1896 327 Plesionika adensamer (Balss, 1914) Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal 356 Hayashidonus japonicus (De Haan, 1844) - 328 Plesionika alcocki (Anderson, 1896) Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal 357 Nikoides danae Paul'son, 1875 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 329 Plesionika bifurca Alcock & Anderson, 1894 Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Arabian sea, Bay of Bengal 358 Nikoides sibogae de Man, 1918 - 330 Plesionika ensis (A. MilneEdwards, 1881) Southwest and East coast Super family: Psalidopodoidea Wood-Mason [in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1892] Family: Psalidopodidae Wood-Mason [in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1892] 331 Plesionika longicauda (Rathbun, 1901) Bay of Bengal 359 Psalidopus huxleyi Wood-Mason [in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1892] Andaman & Nicobar Islands 332 Plesionika martia A. MilneEdwards, 1883 Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Arabian sea, Bay of Bengal Infra order: Stenopodidea Spence Bate, 1888 Family: Spongicolidae Schram, 1986 333 Plesionika ocellus (Spence Bate, 1888) Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Arabian sea 360 Engystenopus palmipes Alcock & Anderson, 1894 - 334 Plesionika quasigrandis Chace, 1985 West and southeast coast 361 Microprosthema validum Stimpson, 1860 Gulf of Mannar 335 Plesionika sindoi (Rathbun, 1906) Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Arabian Sea 362 Spongicola andamanicus Alcock, 1901 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 336 Plesionika spinipes Spence Bate, 1888 Arabian Sea, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Bay of Bengal Family: Stenopodidae Claus, 1872 337 Plesionika unidens Spence Bate, 1888 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 363 Odontozona spongicola (Alcock & Anderson, 1899) 338 Plesionika williamsi Forest, 1964 Southwest coast 364 Stenopus hispidus (Olivier, 1811) 339 Procletes levicarina (Spence Bate, West coast 1888) Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 26 July 2016 | 8(7): 8977–8988 Lakshadweep Islands 8985 Updated checklist of shrimps of the Indian coast Samuel et al. Oploporidae, but in the present list the genus is placed in the family Acanthephyridae (Fransen 2015e). The work carried out by Radhakrishnan et al. (2012) reports 343 species of marine shrimps containing 322 accepted names and 21 species names with taxonomic issues. These issues were 15 synonyms, subsequently updated with accepted names and six species names were dropped from the list. Further, 16 species not included in the list by Radhakrishnan et al. (2012) were added, of which nine species were from the work of Mohamed (1969), one species from Devi (1980), one species from Kurup et al. (2008), and five species from Shanis et al. (2012). Works published later by Chakraborthy (2013) and Rajakumaran & Vaseeharan (2014) further added 11 (1+10) more species to the checklist (Table. 3). A total of 27 species has been added to the checklist published in 2012 by Radhakrishnan et al. Altogether 25 issues were identified (all synonyms), out of which 19 species have been updated with the accepted names (Table 2) and six species dropped. After validation, 364 species have been reported in the present checklist (Table 1). Synonyms contributed to 5.2% of species names and the list of synonyms used by various authors is portrayed in Table 2. The work of Radhakrishnan et al. (2012) contained 21 issues whereas two issues were identified in Kasim (1969), namely Parapenaeopsis hungerfoldii (Alcockpaneopsis hungerfoldii - accepted name); Palaemon styliferus (Exopalaemon styliferus - accepted name). Two additional issues were identified in the work of Rajakumaran & Vaseeharan (2014): Parapenaeposis sinica (Kishinouyepenaeopsis amicus - accepted name); Parapenaeopsis venusta (Batepenaeopsis venusta accepted name). Table 3 provides information on the number of species documented in each report, issues in each checklist, numbers of invalid species names that were dropped and revised and accepted names. The Table 2. Synonyms of accepted shrimp species recorded from Indian waters Sno Current name Synonymised name 1 Penaeus konkani (Chanda & Bhattacharya, 2003 ) Fenneropenaeus konkani Chanda & Bhattacharya, 2003 2 Penaeus silasi Muthu & Motoh, 1979 Fenneropenaeus silasi (Muthu & Motoh, 1979) 3 Penaeus vannamei Boone, 1931 Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone, 1931) 4 Penaeus hathor (Burkenroad, 1959) Melicertus hathor (Burkenroad, 1959) 5 Penaeus similis (Chanda & Bhattacharya, 2002) Melicertus similis Chanda & Bhattacharya, 2002 6 Alcockpenaeopsis hungerfordii (Alcock, 1905) Parapenaeopsis hungerfordii Alcock, 1905 7 Kishinouyepenaeopsis amicus (V.C. Nguyên, 1971) Parapenaeopsis sinica Liu & Wang, 1986 8 Batepenaeopsis venusta (de Man, 1907 ) Parapeneopsis venusta de Man, 1907 9 Cerataspis monstruosus Gray, 1828 Plesiopenaeus armatus (Spence Bate, 1881) 10 Cerataspis coruscans (WoodMason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891) Plesiopenaeus coruscans (Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891) 11 Bentheogennema pasithea (de Man, 1907) Gennadas praecox Kemp, 1910 12 Alpheus strenuus strenuous Dana, 1852 Alpheus strenuous (Dana, 1852) 13 Synalpheus tumidomanus tumidomanus (Paul'son, 1875) Synalpheus tumidomanus (Paul'son, 1875) 14 Thinora maldivensis Borradaile, 1915 Thor maldivensis Borradaile, 1915 15 Exopalaemon styliferus (H. Milne Edwards, 1840) Palaemon styliferus H. Milne Edwards, 1840 16 Conchodytes placunae (Johnson, 1967 ) Chernocaris placunae Johnson, 1967 17 Conchodytes biunguiculatus (Paul'son, 1875) Conchodytes kempi Bruce, 1989 18 Coralliocaris nudirostris (Heller, 1861) Coralliocaris venusta Kemp, 1922 19 Chlorotocoides spinicauda (de Man, 1902 ) Chlorotocus spinicauda de Man, 1902 Table 3. Identified issues and revisions of shrimp species Species number Total Reported Accepted Issues (synonyms) Revised & Accepted Dropped Final Checklist Radhakrishnan et al. 2012 437 343 21 15 6 337 Kasim 1969 93 2 2 2 - 9 Devi 1980 3 1 - - - 1 Kurup et al. 2008 37 1 - - - 1 Shanis et al. 2012 24 5 - - 5 Chakraborthy 2013 22 1 - - - 1 Rajakumaran & Vaseeharan 2014 59 11 2 2 Total -- 364 25 Authors 8986 - 10 6 364 Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 26 July 2016 | 8(7): 8977–8988 Updated checklist of shrimps of the Indian coast total numbers contributed finally after the process of taxonomic validation resulted in 364 species from Indian waters. The constant updating of national and regional level species checklists is to suit the objective proposed by Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) “to coordinate, consolidate and disseminate basic taxonomic and species information that is commonly required by a range of users”. 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He is a taxonomist specializing on marine molluscs, crustaceans and minor phyla. He is the focal point of the Coastal and Marine Biodiversity Integration Network (CoMBINe) Project. Chemmencheri Ramakrishnan Sreeraj is a Scientist at NCSCM. His research interests are coral taxonomy and reef ecology. He is a co-investigator of CoMBINe project. Pandian Krishnan is Scientist in-charge of Coastal & Marine Resources Conservation Division at NCSCM and is the Principal Investigator of the CoMBINe Project. His research interests are marine ecology, biodiversity conservation and fisheries resource management. Chermapandi Parthiban, Veeramuthu Sekar and Kanagaraj Chamundeeswar are Research Fellows under the CoMBINe project and they specialize in the taxonomy of marine invertebrates. Titus Immanuel is a Project Associate under the project on “Marine biodiversity of Nicobar islands” at ICAR - Central Island Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair, Andaman. His research interests are taxonomy of marine invertebrates. Patro Shesdev, a Scientist at NCSCM is a marine biologist with research interest in biodiversity and ecology of coastal ecosystems. Ramachandran Purvaja is the Division Chair of Coastal & Marine Resources Conservation Division at NCSCM and is the Coordinator of the CoMBINe Project. Her research interests include coastal zone management, marine ecology and bio-geochemistry. Ramachandran Ramesh is the Director of National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management (NCSCM) and is an expert in Integrated Coastal Zone Management. Author Contribution: VKDS, CRS and PK contributed in checklist verification, interpretation of results and preparing the manuscript. CP, VS and KC contributed in reference collection, preparing the checklist, validating the checklist with WoRMS database and in identifying the issues in the checklist. TI and PS assisted in collating the published literature and updating the checklist. RP and RR critically reviewed and finalized the manuscript. Tamil abstract: Threatened Taxa 8988 Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 26 July 2016 | 8(7): 8977–8988 OPEN ACCESS All articles published in the Journal of Threatened Taxa are registered under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License unless otherwise mentioned. JoTT allows unrestricted use of articles in any medium, reproduction and distribution by providing adequate credit to the authors and the source of publication. ISSN 0974-7907 (Online); ISSN 0974-7893 (Print) July 2016 | Vol. 8 | No. 7 | Pages: 8953–9052 Date of Publication: 26 July 2016 (Online & Print) DOI: 10.11609/jott.2016.8.7.8953-9052 www.threatenedtaxa.org Article Notes Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of the southeastern Truong Son Mountains, Quang Ngai Province, Vietnam -- Nguyen Truong Son, Thomas J. O’Shea, Jeffery A. Gore, Csorba Gabor, Vuong Tan Tu, Tatsuo Oshida, Hideki Endo & Masaharu Motokawa, pp. 8953–8969 A recent record of the Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin Sousa chinensis (Osbeck, 1765), (Mammalia: Cetartiodactyla: Delphinidae) from the western shores of Kachchh, Gujarat, India -- Devanshi Kukadia, Mayurdan K. Gadhavi, N. Gokulakannan, G.V. Gopi, Gautam Talukdar & K. Sivakumar, Pp. 9024–9026 Communication A confirmation of the occurrence of Euploea sylvester hopei Felder & Felder, 1865 (Double-branded Blue Crow) from Kaptai National Park, Rangamati District, Bangladesh -- Tahsinur Rahman Shihan, Pp. 9027–9029 An assessment of human-elephant conflict and associated ecological and demographic factors in Nilambur, Western Ghats of Kerala, southern India -- C.K. Rohini, T. Aravindan, P.A. Vinayan, M. Ashokkumar & K.S. Anoop Das, Pp. 8970–8976 Review An updated checklist of shrimps on the Indian coast -- Vijay Kumar Deepak Samuel, Chemmencheri Ramakrishnan Sreeraj, Pandian Krishnan, Chermapandi Parthiban, Veeramuthu Sekar, Kanagaraj Chamundeeswari, Titus Immanuel, Patro Shesdev, Ramachandran Purvaja & Ramachandran Ramesh, Pp. 8977–8988 View Point Can philately sensitise people to wildlife / conservation? An introduction to thematic philately and a visual treatise concerning the variety of philatelic material available on owls (Aves: Strigiformes) -- M. Eric Ramanujam, Pp. 8989–9003 Short Communications Noteworthy additions to the flora of Uttarakhand, western Himalaya, India -- Ishwari D. Rai, Gajendra Singh & Gopal S. Rawat, Pp. 9004–9008 Seed germination studies on Gymnacranthera canarica (King) Warb. - a Vulnerable tree species of a highly threatened Myristica swamp ecosystem -- K. Keshavachandra & G. Krishnakumar, Pp. 9009–9013 A century later: Tricolored Pied Flat Coladenia indrani uposathra Fruhstorfer, 1911 (Hesperiidae: Pyrginae) and Crenulate Oakblue Apporasa atkinsoni Hewitson, 1869 (Lycaenidae: Theclinae) reported from Manipur, India -- Baleshwor Singh Soibam, Harmenn Huidrom & Jatishwor Singh Irungbam, Pp. 9030–9033 On the distribution of Aeshna petalura Martin, 1908 (Odonata: Anisoptera: Aeshnidae) in the Indian subcontinent -- R. Babu & G. Srinivasan, Pp. 9034–9037 Notes on the occurrence of Mortonagrion aborense Laidlaw, 1914 (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) from lower West Bengal, India -- Arajush Payra & Ashish D. Tiple, Pp. 9038–9041 First record of Speculitermes chadaensis Chatterjee & Thapa, 1964 (Isoptera: Termitidae) from the Western Ghats, India -- Poovoli Amina, K. Rajmohana & K.V. Bhavana, Pp. 9042–9044 A first report of egg parasitism in the Tropical Tasar Silkworm Antheraea mylitta (Drury) occurring on cashew -- K. Vanitha & S. Santhosh, Pp. 9045–9047 Gentiana saginoides Burkill (Magnoliopsida: Gentianales: Gentianaceae) rediscovered from Sunderdhunga Valley in Uttarakhand 155 years after description: notes on its population status -- Dharmendra S. Rawat, Charan S. Rana, Harish Singh & Manish Karnatak, Pp. 9048–9052 A first note on foliicolous lichens of Assam, India -- Pooja Gupta & G.P. Sinha, Pp. 9014–9023 Threatened Taxa