{"id":93197,"date":"2026-03-17T11:10:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T05:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=93197"},"modified":"2026-03-17T13:13:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T07:43:07","slug":"vela-carli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/vela-carli\/","title":{"rendered":"Vela carli"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Vela carli Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, researchers discovered from the forests of the Silent Valley National Park that a crab belongs to the species Vela carli and is both male and female at the same time.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Vela carli<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vela carli is an <\/span><b>endemic freshwater crab<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> found only in the forests and streams of the <\/span><b>Central Western Ghats.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It belongs to the family <\/span><b>Gecarcinucidae.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is for the first instance it showed gynandromorphy (a rare condition in which individuals exhibit both male and female characteristics)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The bodies of the <\/span><b>crabs displayed male reproductive structures<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, while other parts showcased <\/span><b>female features, including gonopores<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>rare in crustaceans<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and has never before been reported in the freshwater crab family Gecarcinucidae.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Key Facts about Silent Valley National Park<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is located in the State of Kerala.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It constitutes the centerpiece of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/nbr\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, sanctified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2012.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>River:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is nourished by the <\/span><b>Kunthipuzha River.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Vegetation:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It has <\/span><b>four types of vegetation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cWest Coast tropical evergreen forest, southern sub-tropical broad-leaved hill forest, montane wet temperature forest, and grasslands.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Flora:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The flora of the valley includes about 1000 species of flowering plants, 107 species of orchids, 100 ferns and fern allies, 200 liverworts, 75 lichens, and about 200 algae.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Fauna:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 It is famous for its population of lion-tailed macaques, Nilgiri langur, Malabar giant squirrel, Indian elephant, tiger, leopard, and gaur (Indian bison).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/energy-and-environment\/crab-in-silent-valley-found-displaying-both-male-and-female-biological-traits\/article70751063.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vela carli is an endemic freshwater crab found only in the forests and streams of the Central Western Ghats. 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