Apex of telson rounded or truncated

Third thoracic sternite produced posteriorly

Procurved tooth absent between bases of 1st pair of pleopods

Acetes japonicus

Apex of telson triangular

Procurved tooth present between bases of first pair of pleopod

Inner margin of basis of third pereopods with a sharply pointed projection

Third and fourth thoracic sternites deeply channelled longitudinally

Acetes indicus

Inner margin of basis of third pereopods without a sharply pointed projection

Third and fourth thoracic sternites not channelled longitudinally

Acetes erythraeus


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