{"id":118914,"date":"2026-08-13T14:29:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T08:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=118914"},"modified":"2026-08-13T14:30:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T09:00:04","slug":"ghatiana-karnataka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ghatiana-karnataka\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghatiana Karnataka"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Ghatiana Karnataka Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A beat forester from Mookambika Wildlife Sanctuary, Udupi has scientifically described a new freshwater crab species, Ghatiana Karnataka.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Ghatiana Karnataka<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a new species of <\/span><b>freshwater crab.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was discovered from <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/mookambika-wildlife-sanctuary\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Mookambika Wildlife Sanctuary<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in <\/span><b>Karnataka<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>15th species of the Ghatiana<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> family to be <\/span><b>discovered in the Western Ghats,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>eight of them, including the latest <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">one, are <\/span><b>endemic to Karnataka.<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Ghatiana <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a <\/span><b>genus of freshwater crabs<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> found among the <\/span><b>Western Ghats <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in India.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unlike the other species of Ghatiana that are hard to find during the dry seasons, Ghatiana Karnataka was <\/span><b>recorded in all the seasons.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Habitat<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They live <\/span><b>near perennial streams <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and in<\/span><b> evergreen or semi-evergreen forests.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the monsoon, they can be found on laterite rocks, and during other seasons, inside the tree cavities that are moist.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has a<\/span><b> dark purple body <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>light pink claws,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which are distinct from the seven other species of Ghatiana that were discovered in Karnataka.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deccanherald.com\/india\/karnataka\/ghatiana-karnataka-mookambika-wildlife-sanctuary-beat-forester-names-new-crab-species-after-state-4109061\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghatiana Karnataka is a new species of freshwater crab discovered from Mookambika Wildlife Sanctuary in Karnataka. 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