K. Silambarasan K. Velmurugan E. Rajalakshmi A. Anithajoice P.G. and Research Department of Zoology, Sir Theagaraya College, Chennai-600021, India Arthropods ISSN 2224-4255 http://www.iaees.org/publications/journals/arthropods/online-version.asp 2014 3 1 43 47 International Academy of Ecology and Environmental Sciences Hong Kong 18 November 2013 25 December 2013 1 March 2014 Matuta planipes trawl net Kasimedu Chennai coast Matuta planipes is reported for the first occurrence from Chennai coast, Tamil Nadu. Four female and two male specimens was caught in trawl net near Kasimedu fish landing center, on September 2013. The morphological characters of Matuta planipes, is having on surface regions of male chela a single spine, frontal lobes and carapace covered with reticulated loops as compared with bispinose chela, rounded lobes and minutely spotted carapace of the latter, these characters mostly differs from Matuta victor. The specimen has been compared with the earlier reports and other similar species. DOI 10.0000/issn-2224-4255-arthropods-2014-v3-0004 http://www.iaees.org/publications/journals/arthropods/articles/2014-3(1)/redescription-and-new-distributional-records-of-Matuta-planipes.pdf