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Detailed explanation-1: -New Crab Species named Ghatiana Dwivarna has been discovered from Yellapur taluk of Uttara Kannada in Karnataka. Dwivarna is the 75th crab species to be found in India and was discovered by Wildlife enthusiast and photographer Gopal Krishna Hegde and Forest Guard Parashuram Bhajantri.

Detailed explanation-2: -Gopal Krishna Hegde, a wildlife enthusiast and photographer, found Ghatiana Dwivarna, a freshwater crab that lives under small rocks in the dense forests of the Western Ghats of Karnataka.

Detailed explanation-3: -Dileep Vishwakarma. Notes: A wildlife enthusiast from Karnataka has discovered a new crab species from the Western Ghats of Karnataka. Named as ‘Ghatiana Dwivarna’, this bright coloured crab is the 75th fresh water crab of the Western Ghats.

Detailed explanation-4: -The new species have been named Pavizham gavi and Rajathelphusa brunnea. Researchers have identified a new genus and two new species of semi-terrestrial freshwater crabs from separate locations in the southern arm of the Western Ghats in Kerala.

Detailed explanation-5: -The crab has been named Ghatiana dvivarna sp nov, said the paper published in international journal Nauplius by Brazilian Crustacean Society. The freshwater species was first spotted in Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.