Review on biology distribution and conservation challenges for horseshoe crabs in India

Salwa Shahimi, . and Pati Siddhartha, . and Rajesh Apratim Sai, . and Dash Bisnu Prasad, . and Pramanik Ayaskanta, . and Sarkar Tanmay, . and Tudu Sanatan, . and Martin Melissa Beata, . and Nelson Bryan Raveen, . and Satyanarayana Behara, . Review on biology distribution and conservation challenges for horseshoe crabs in India. pp. 332-346. ISSN 2672-7226

Although horseshoe crabs have ecological and biomedical value their restricted distribution in the northeast coast (Odisha West Bengal) to a limited number of researchers have made them an understudied arthropod in India. With an objective that uses desktop review for horseshoe crab ecology biology and their life cycle in India it is learnt that actions to conserve T. gigas and C. rotundicauda are still in implementing stages. In Asia Tachypleus gigas and Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda are present in sandy and muddy intertidal zones which are termed nursery and feeding grounds in West Bengal India. Broad tolerance to temperature (19-41C) and salinity (2-36) variations indicate a nonpaused horseshoe crab presence and reproduction for West Bengal. Horseshoe crabs are not harvested for human consumption in India but industrial demands for embryonic perivitelline (growth enhancer and stimulus for stem cell differentiation) and novel therapeutic applications (from anti-microbial and anti-carcinogenic proteins) are present in small scales. Although horseshoe crabs are safeguarded by the Wildlife Protection Act 1972 the definitions are limited to T. gigas. Therefore the output of this study contributes data for IUCN Red List assessments because fisheries records have revealed novel horseshoe crab distribution sites incidences of by-catch poor by-catch management and also coastal interventions that risk horseshoe crab nursery grounds in India into a deletion.

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Abstract

Although horseshoe crabs have ecological and biomedical value their restricted distribution in the northeast coast (Odisha West Bengal) to a limited number of researchers have made them an understudied arthropod in India. With an objective that uses desktop review for horseshoe crab ecology biology and their life cycle in India it is learnt that actions to conserve T. gigas and C. rotundicauda are still in implementing stages. In Asia Tachypleus gigas and Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda are present in sandy and muddy intertidal zones which are termed nursery and feeding grounds in West Bengal India. Broad tolerance to temperature (19-41C) and salinity (2-36) variations indicate a nonpaused horseshoe crab presence and reproduction for West Bengal. Horseshoe crabs are not harvested for human consumption in India but industrial demands for embryonic perivitelline (growth enhancer and stimulus for stem cell differentiation) and novel therapeutic applications (from anti-microbial and anti-carcinogenic proteins) are present in small scales. Although horseshoe crabs are safeguarded by the Wildlife Protection Act 1972 the definitions are limited to T. gigas. Therefore the output of this study contributes data for IUCN Red List assessments because fisheries records have revealed novel horseshoe crab distribution sites incidences of by-catch poor by-catch management and also coastal interventions that risk horseshoe crab nursery grounds in India into a deletion.

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Item Type:	Article
AGROVOC Term:	Horseshoe crabs
AGROVOC Term:	Marine biology
AGROVOC Term:	Ecosystems
AGROVOC Term:	Wildlife
AGROVOC Term:	Animal protection
AGROVOC Term:	Natural distribution
AGROVOC Term:	Arthropods
AGROVOC Term:	Ecology
AGROVOC Term:	Fisheries
AGROVOC Term:	Habitats
Depositing User:	Mr. AFANDI ABDUL MALEK
Last Modified:	24 Apr 2025 00:55
URI:	http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10340

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