Kauresh D. Vachhrajani

Kauresh D. Vachhrajani, Indian carcinologist

Marine Biodiversity and Ecology Lab., Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat, India.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

Ilyoplax sayajiraoi (named in honor of Sir Sayajirao Gaekwad III)

Lyphira georgei (in honor of Prof JC George, Founder Head, Dept Zoology)

Arcotheres shahi (in honor of Prof RV Shah, Former Head, Dept Zoology)

Parhyale piloi (in honor of Prof Bonny Pilo, Former Head, Dept Zoology)

Ancylocheles peterngi (in honor of Prof Peter KL Ng, University of Singapore)

Diogenes chhapgari (in honor of Dr BF Chhapgar, Taraporwal Aquarium, Mumbai)

Elasmopus sivaprakasami (in honor of Dr Sivaprakasam, Tamil Nadu)

Perinereis khambhatensis (with reference to the locality, Gulf of Khambhat, Gujarat)

Perinereis malabarensis (with reference to the locality Malabar Hill, Mumbai)

Perinereis misrai (in honor of Dr Amales Misra, ZSI, Kolkata)

(List may be incomplete)

Trivedi, J.N., Osawa, M. & Vachhrajani, K.D. 2016. A new species of the genus Diogenes Dana, 1851 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Diogenidae) from Gujarat, northwestern India. Zootaxa 4208(2): 189–197. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4208.2.6. Reference page.

Myers, A.A., Trivedi, J.N., Gosavi, S. & Vachhrajani, K.D. 2017. A new species of genus Parhyale Stebbing, 1897 (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Hyalidae) from Gujarat State, India. Zootaxa 4294(5): 593–599. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4294.5.8. Reference page.
Trivedi, J.N., Osawa, M. & Vachhrajani, K.D. 2017. A new species of the genus Ancylocheles Haig, 1978 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Porcellanidae) from Gujarat, northwestern India. Zootaxa 4299(3): 384–390. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4299.3.4. Reference page.

Myers, A.A., Trivedi, J.N., Gosavi, S. & Vachhrajani, K.D. 2018. Elasmopus sivaprakasami sp. nov., a new species of amphipod (Senticaudata, Maeridae) from Gujarat State, India. Zootaxa 4402(1): 182–188. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4402.1.10 Reference page.
Trivedi, J.N., Campos, E. & Vachhrajani, K.D. 2018. A new pea crab species of the genus Arcotheres Manning, 1993 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Pinnotheridae) from India. Zootaxa 4433(1): 195–200. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4433.1.13 Reference page.
Trivedi, J.N., Trivedi, D., Vachhrajani, K.D. & Ng, P.K.L. 2018. An annotated checklist of the marine brachyuran crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) of India. Zootaxa 4502(1): 1–83. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4502.1.1 Reference page.
Trivedi, J.N., Vachhrajani, K.D. & Ng, P.K.L. 2018. Redescription of Arcotheres placunae (Hornell & Southwell, 1909) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Pinnotheridae) from India and Pakistan. Zootaxa 4433(1): 50–58. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4433.1.2 Reference page.

Trivedi, J.N., Gosavi, S., Vachhrajani, K.D. & Ng, P.K.L. 2019. Redescription of Arcotheres pernicola (Bürger, 1895) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Pinnotheridae) from the oyster Magallana gryphoides (Schlotheim, 1820) in India. Zootaxa 4706(4): 587–593. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4706.4.8 Reference page.

Trivedi, J.N., Ahyong, S.T., Vachhrajani, K.D. & Kumar, A.B. 2020. An annotated checklist of the mantis shrimps of India (Crustacea: Stomatopoda). Zootaxa 4768(2): 221–238. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4768.2.4 Reference page.
Trivedi, J.N., Gosavi, S., Vachhrajani, K.D., Mitra, S., Ravinesh, R. & Ng, P.K.L. 2020. On the identities of Nepinnotheres vicajii (Chhapgar, 1957) and Arcotheres casta (Antony & Kuttyamma, 1971) from western India: conspecificity and taxonomy (Decapoda, Brachyura, Pinnotheridae). Zootaxa 4809(3): 496–508. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4809.3.4 Reference page.