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Journal of Threatened Taxa Building evidence for conservaton globally www.threatenedtaxa.org ISSN 0974-7907 (Online) | ISSN 0974-7893 (Print) Short Communication First record of ghost shrimp Corallianassa coutierei (Nobili, 1904) (Decapoda: Axiidea: Callichiridae) from Indian waters Piyush Vadher, Hitesh Kardani, Prakash Bambhaniya & Imtyaz Beleem 26 July 2021 | Vol. 13 | No. 8 | Pages: 19118–19124 DOI: 10.11609/jot.6109.13.8.19118-19124 For Focus, Scope, Aims, and Policies, visit htps://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/aims_scope For Artcle Submission Guidelines, visit htps://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/about/submissions For Policies against Scientfc Misconduct, visit htps://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/policies_various For reprints, contact <[email protected]> The opinions expressed by the authors do not refect the views of the Journal of Threatened Taxa, Wildlife Informaton Liaison Development Society, Zoo Outreach Organizaton, or any of the partners. 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Threatened Taxa Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 26 July 2021 | 13(8): 19118–19124 ISSN 0974-7907 (Online) | ISSN 0974-7893 (Print) OPEN ACCESS htps://doi.org/10.11609/jot.6109.13.8.19118-19124 #6109 | Received 07 May 2020 | Final received 06 Jun 2020 | Finally accepted 07 July 2021 SHORT COMMUNICATION First record of ghost shrimp Corallianassa couterei (Nobili, 1904) (Decapoda: Axiidea: Callichiridae) from Indian waters Piyush Vadher 1 , Hitesh Kardani 2 , Prakash Bambhaniya 3 & Imtyaz Beleem 4 1,2,3 Fisheries Research Staton, Junagadh Agricultural University, Sikka, Jamnagar, Gujarat 361140, India. 4 Ofce of the Superintendent of Fisheries, (Commissioner of Fisheries, Agriculture, Farmer Welfare and Co-operaton Department) Fisheries harbour area, Mangrol, Gujarat 362226, India. 1 [email protected], 2 [email protected] (corresponding author), 3 [email protected], 4 [email protected] Abstract: A Callichiridae ghost shrimp species Corallianassa couterei comprises 19 species belonging to fve families and 16 (Nobili, 1904) is recorded and described here for the frst tme from genera, distributed in the Indian waters (Table 1). Family the Indian waters. Formerly, fve species under the family Callichiridae were recorded from diferent coastal waters of India. In additon, C. Callichiridae comprises of 96 species belonging to 17 couterei was infested with several copepods. Additonal descripton genera worldwide (WoRMS 2020b). of C. couterei with key characters and distributon status is given for Corallianassa this species. A comprehensive checklist of the infraorder Axiidea is The ghost shrimp genus was described prepared based on previous records from Indian waters. by Manning in 1987 from America (family: Callianassidae Dana, 1852). The genus Corallianassa comprises 13 Keywords: Checklist, copepods, new record, Goose reef, Gulf of Kachchh, Gujarat. species in the World (WoRMS 2020c). A scrutny of literature pertaining to ghost shrimps of Indian waters revealed that the genus Corallianassa is hitherto not reported from Indian waters. Therefore, the present Axiidea de Saint Laurent, 1979, an infraorder of taxon, including the genus is the frst report from Indian Decapoda is also known as ghost shrimp, mud shrimp waters. or burrowing shrimp (Dworschak et al. 2012), although Ghost shrimp can be the host for copepods. The they are only distantly related to true shrimp, they cavity between the shell and body of the ghost shrimp are ecologically and morphologically adapted as can be a favourable site for these associated arthropods. burrowing forms (Dworschak 2015). Axiidea is the Only a few accounts on the copepods of ghost shrimps infaunal organisms that build complex burrows, found have been described and recorded worldwide (Pillai in marine and estuarine areas of bays (Golubinskay et 1959; Corset & Strasserm 2003; Kihara & Rocham al. 2016). Axiidea comprises a total of 11 valid families 2013; Sepahvand et al. 2017a,b, 2019). From India (WoRMS 2020a) dwelling in shallow water of intertdal Pillai (1959) had recorded and described two new or subtdal water (less than 200 m or 660 f). Axiidea species of Clausidium Kossmann, 1874 parasitc on Editor: A. Biju Kumar, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, India. Date of publicaton: 26 July 2021 (online & print) Citaton: Vadher, P., H. Kardani, P. Bambhaniya & I. Beleem (2021). First record of ghost shrimp Corallianassa couterei (Nobili, 1904) (Decapoda: Axiidea: Callichiri- dae) from Indian waters. Journal of Threatened Taxa 13(8): 19118–19124. htps://doi.org/10.11609/jot.6109.13.8.19118-19124 Copyright: © Vadher et al. 2021. Creatve Commons Atributon 4.0 Internatonal License. JoTT allows unrestricted use, reproducton, and distributon of this artcle in any medium by providing adequate credit to the author(s) and the source of publicaton. Funding: Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh. Competng interests: The authors declare no competng interests. Acknowledgements: The authors are thankful to Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh for providing necessary facilites and encouragement. The authors would like to acknowledge ofcials of Marine Natonal Park & Sanctuary for providing support. The authors are also thankful to the Technical Staf Fisheries Research Staton, Junagadh Agricultural University, Sikka for assistng data collecton in the feld. Authors are thankful to Dr. Peter Dworschak (Drite Zoologische Abteilung, Naturhistorisches Museum, Burgring, Wien, Austria) for suggestons and identfcaton. 19118 Corallianassa couterei of Indian waters Vadher et al. J TT Image 1. Study area of the new fnd of the ghost shrimp Corallianassa couterei. Callianassa Leach, 1814 (in Leach, 1813–1815). Many 2018) and communicaton with experts. researchers suggested their relatonship as symbiont Size of the specimen is indicated by carapace (Corset & Strasser 2003; Kihara & Rocha 2013) while length (cl) measured from the tp of the rostrum to the many suggested them as parasites (Wilson 1935, 1937; midpoint of the posterodorsal margin of the carapace Pearse 1947; Humes 1949; Pillai 1959). In this study, C. and the total length (tl) measured from the tp of the couterei infested with copepods (Clausidium sp.) on rostrum to the midpoint of the posterodorsal margin of the carapace region (Image 3b) can be either parasitc the telson. A comprehensive checklist was compiled and or symbiotc, although all the clausidiid copepods prepared based on previous literatures and publicatons are categerised as parasitc upon diferent species of of an infraorder Axiidea from Indian waters (Table 1). Corallianassa (Wilson 1935). Hence, this study reports Corallianassa genus infested with copepods for the frst Results tme from Indian waters. We report the ghost shrimp C. couterei (Nobili, 1904) along with an associated species of copepod Materials and Methods Clausidium Kossmann, 1874 for the frst tme in Indian The present study was carried out at Goose reef waters (Image 2c,d). A comprehensive checklist of an (22.498N & 69.808E) in the Gulf of Kachchh, Gujarat Infraorder Axiidea listed a total of 19 species belonging (Image 1). Intertdal area of the Island is having a to fve families and 16 genera with distributon status in sandy shore, rocky shore, and coral reefs. Goose reef is Indian waters is provided (Table 1). Maximum species under tremendous anthropogenic pressure of various were reported belonging to the family Callichiridae industries which have constructed their ofshore (six genera, six species) followed by Axiidae (four terminals. A single live specimen was collected, which genera, six species), Callianassidae (four genera, fve was hidden in the sandy zone of the island. The collected species), Callianideidae (one genus, one species), and specimen was transferred to the laboratory of Fisheries Callianopsidae (one genus, one species). Research Staton, Junagadh Agricultural University, Sikka. Identfcaton was carried out through standard literature of (Man 1905; Ngoc-Ho 2005; Dworschak Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 26 July 2021 | 13(8): 19118–19124 19119 J TT Corallianassa couterei of Indian waters Vadher et al. Systematcs Glypturus couterei (Nobili, 1904) Class: Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Order: Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Material examined Infraorder: Axiidea De Saint Laurent, 1979 FRSACDA1, 04.i.2018, 1 male, tl 75mm, Goose reef Family: Callichiridae Manning & Felder, 1991 (22.494N & 69.802E), Intertdal zone of sandy shore, Genus: Corallianassa Manning, 1987 coll. Prakash Bambhaniya. Corallianassa couterei (Nobili, 1904) (Image 2 & 3) Descripton Synonymy: Dorsal oval shaped as long as carapace, rostrum Callianassa (Callichirus) couterei Nobili, 1904 with acute anterolateral carapace spine (Image 2b), Callianassa (Callichirus) placida de Man, 1905 shorter than eyestalk. Cornea large. Third maxilliped- Callianassa