Digitization of the Data on Indian Freshwater Crabs: 1 Travancoriana Schirnerae Bott, 1969 (Decapoda: Gecarcinucidae)

This resent research article is on the digitized form of valuable data on freshwater crab, Travancoriana schirnerae Bott, 1969. The data acquired from various sources, such as, internet articles, published research articles and databases about the species has been organized in the form of a web portal open for access for a wider audience. The data collected are categorized into 15 user friendly heads such as, Species name, Anatomy, Life Cycle, Moulting, Spawning, Diseases, Fossils, Fisheries and Industries, Nutritive value, Internet links, Books and resources, Barcoding, General Biology, References of resources and General Aspects, under the title named resources. Digitization will ensure to provide background information to all those are interested to continue further in research in this area and this forms the major objective of the paper.