Kasargodia sheebae and Pilarta vaman:
Researchers have led to the discovery of a new genus and two new species of freshwater crabs named Kasargodia sheebae and Pilarta vaman from Western Ghats regions in Kerala.
- Kasargodia sheebae and Pilarta vaman are two new species of freshwater crabs.
- They are discovered in the Western Ghats regions in Kerala.
- They belong to the freshwater crab family Gecarcinucidae.
- In the case of Kasargodia sheebae, the name of the new genus, Kasargodia, is derived from the northernmost Kerala district.
- Kasargodia sheebae is distinguished by a brownish-orange carapace with numerous black spots.
- The limbs bearing the claws are orange with black spots.
- The other new species, Pilarta vaman, is named after Vaman, one of the avatars of Vishnu in Hindu mythology.
- The name alludes to the small size of this crab.
- The carapace of this species is more quadrate.
