{"id":58920,"date":"2025-08-11T14:02:57","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T08:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=58920"},"modified":"2025-08-11T14:31:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T09:01:20","slug":"kasargodia-sheebae-and-pilarta-vaman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/kasargodia-sheebae-and-pilarta-vaman\/","title":{"rendered":"Kasargodia Sheebae and Pilarta Vaman"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Kasargodia Sheebae and Pilarta Vaman Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recent studies launched by researchers have led to the discovery of a new genus and two new species of freshwater crabs named Kasargodia sheebae and Pilarta vaman from Western Ghats regions in Kerala.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Kasargodia Sheebae and Pilarta Vaman<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are <\/span><b>two new species of freshwater crabs.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are discovered in the <\/span><b>Western Ghats regions in Kerala.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They belong to the <\/span><b>freshwater crab family Gecarcinucidae.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the case of <\/span><b>Kasargodia sheebae<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the name of the <\/span><b>new genus, Kasargodia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, is derived from the northernmost Kerala district.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kasargodia sheebae is distinguished by a <\/span><b>brownish-orange carapace<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with <\/span><b>numerous black spots.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>limbs <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bearing the claws are <\/span><b>orange with black spots.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The other new species, <\/span><b>Pilarta vaman,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is named after Vaman, one of the avatars of Vishnu in Hindu mythology.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The name alludes to the <\/span><b>small size<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of this crab.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The carapace of this species is more quadrate.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/kerala\/new-freshwater-crabs-discovered-in-the-western-ghats-in-kerala\/article69913725.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TH<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kasargodia sheebae and Pilarta vaman are two new species of freshwater crabs. 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