"A few species of freshwater crabs endemic to the Western Ghats were discovered and described. The paper was published in Zootaxa on February 23," a statement by Tejas Thackeray today said.
The 21-year-old, who is a student at a city college, stated, "I discovered and collected the types specimens of Ghatiana atropurpurea (Amboli), Ghatiana splendida (Chakul) and Gubernatoriana thackerayi (Raghuveer Ghat)."
"Along with Dr S K Pati of ZSI and Anil Khaire, I was a part of the naming and description of Ghatiana atropurpurea and Ghatiana splendida. The three Gubernatorianas (alcocki, thackerayi and waghi) were described and named by Pati," he said in the release.