• Santanu Mitra
• Mema Devi Waikhom

A new species of potamid freshwater crab, Potamiscus palelense n. sp., belongs to sub family potamiscinae, is described from a stream and river banks of Maha river of palel town of Manipur, India. The new species is differentiated from all the congeners by well suite of carapace and gonopod characters, including a longitudinally convex carapace, regions and grooves are indistinct, G1 terminal segment S-shaped, with narrow neck like curve at base. Potamiscus Alcock, 1909, is now represented by 10 species including Potamiscus palelense n sp. of which 5 species are available in northeast India, a key to the Indian species are provided here.

Crustacea, taxonomy, new species, Potamiscus, Manipur, India

"A new species of freshwater crab of the Genus Potamiscus Alcock, 1909 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Potamidae: Potamiscinae) from Manipur, North-Eastern India", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no.624-634, January-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1901478.pdf

"A new species of freshwater crab of the Genus Potamiscus Alcock, 1909 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Potamidae: Potamiscinae) from Manipur, North-Eastern India", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no. pp624-634, January-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1901478.pdf