FAMILY : PANDALIDAE


Carapace with 1 or more longitudinal carina on sides

Second pair of pereopods unequal, with atleast 7 articles in the carpus

The 3rd and 4th and 5th abdominal terga are produced as spines

Species : Heterocarpus affinis

Carapace without conspicuous longitudinal carina

Epipods present on atleast first 2 pairs

Third maxilliped with exopod

Posterior border amd 3rd abdominal tergum acutely produced into a sharp tooth that overlap the next tergum

Species : Plesionika ensis


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