A new record of Porcellana persica Haig, 1966 (Decapoda, Anomura, Porcellanidae) from the Arabian Sea, India

Porcellana persica Haig, 1966 was collected from off the Kerala coast, Arabian Sea, India. This is the first record of both the genus and the species from Indian waters. The taxonomic characters are similar to the findings of Haig (1966), who described the species, and possibly this is the first detailed report on the species after her original description.