A NEW SPECIES OF PORCELAIN CRAB DISCOVERD IN LAKSHADWEEP CORAL

* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW SPECIES OF PROCELAIN CRAB IN THE CORAL REEF IN LAKSHADWEEP.

* IT IS STRIKING DEEP RED COLOUR, FOUND IN AGATTI ISLAND.

* SPECIES NAMED - PACHYCHELES RAVICHANDRANI 

* UNDER THE MICROSCOPE THIS SPECIES HAS A UNIQUE SUB CIRCULAR SHELL AND SPECIALIZED HAIR LIKE STRUCTURE CALLED SETAE 

* THIS SPECIES IS NAMED IN HONOUR TO DR  M RAVICHANDRAN, THE SECRETARY OF INDIA'S MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES 

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