NEW FRESH WATER CRAB HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN EASTERN GHATS

* RESEARCHERS FROM ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (ZSI) KOLKATA AND PUKYONG NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, SOUTH KOREA HAVE FOUND A NEW SPECIES OF FRESH WATER CRAB IN EASTERN GHATS.

* SPECIES NAMED - PATITHELPUSA YERCAUDENSIS 

* GENUS - PATITHELPUSA 

* THIS SPECIES IS FOUND IN SHEVAROY HILLS, in YERCAUD SALEM DISTRICT 

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