First record of Metopograpsus cannicci Innocenti, Schubart and Fratini, 2020 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Grapsidae) from India

Metopograpsus cannicci Innocenti, Schubart and Fratini, 2020 is distributed in the Red Sea, Iran, along the East African coast, Seychelles, Madagascar, and Mauritius. The present paper reports this species for the first time from India indicating its eastward extension.

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