On some decapod crustaceans from the south-west coast of India

Fourteen species of decapod crustaceans, 10 belonging to Natantia (7 Caridea and 3 Fenaeidea) and 1 each belonging to Palinura, Astacura, Anomura and Brachyura, collected during the exploratory and research cruises of the vessels of the Indo-Norwegian Project from the waters off the Kerala coast are reported in this paper. Out of these, 5 species are recorded for the first time from these water