Why in news? New crab species Ghatiana sanguinolenta discovered in Karnataka

Highlights:

• Ghatiana Sanguinolenta is a fresh water crab species discovered from the Balekoppa village of Sirsi district in the Central Western Ghats region of Karnataka
• The crab was first sighted in the Western Ghats area in 2020.

Habitation

• The species of this genus are known to be from Maharashtra, Goa and the Western Ghats of Karnataka.

Why the name Ghatiana sanguinolenta?

• The crab gets its name from the Latin word sanguinolenta meaning ‘red’ or ‘blood-coloured’.
• Its red colour and male genitalia differs it from other species in the Ghatiana subgenus