Abstract

A new species of crab belonging to the genus Lyphira Galil, 2009 of the family Leucosiidae Samouelle, 1819, is described from Gujarat state, India. Lyphira georgei n. sp. is distinguished from the related species L. perplexa Galil, 2009, in the shape of main shaft and apical lobe of male first gonopod, shape and size of the male telson as well as size and shape of somite 2 of male abdomen. The details of morphological differences are presented in the report.http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:8DC6CACE-4BF9-45F4-B151-CFB2BAF4D82B

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