Ghatiana dvivarna
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| Ghatiana dvivarna | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Gecarcinucidae |
| Genus: | Ghatiana |
| Species: | G. dvivarna |
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| Ghatiana dvivarna Pati & Thackeray, 2022 | |
Ghatiana dvivarna is a species of freshwater crab from the Central Western Ghats in India that was first identified in 2022.[1][2][3][4]
The species was first sighted June 30, 2021, in Anshi wildlife range, Kali Tiger Reserve in Karnataka. Parshuram Prabhu Bajantri a forest guard at the wildlife range was looking for a saw-scaled viper from the region. His friend accompanying him had suggested to check deeper forest areas near laterite rocks when he spotted the crab near a waterbody. He took pictures of the crab and shared it with Varad Giri, the head scientist at Reliance Foundation. Giri checked the photos and said it was likely a new species. A year later, a paper was published in August 2022, announcing the new species.[2]
Distribution
Ghatiana dvivarna's type locality is Bare in the Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka in the Western Ghats. It is endemic to this area.[1]
