Parapenaeopsis sculptilis (Heller, 1862)

PETASMA with long, rabbit ear-shaped distomedian projections, deeply concave ventrally; distomateral projections short, directed anterolaterally; proximolateral lobes very large and curved dorsally.

THELYCUM with anterior plate distally rounded and broadly articulating with posterior plate, the latter with a median tubercle bearing a tuft of long setae.

Distinctive characters : Rostrum armed with 7 to 9 dorsal teeth, in females, sigmoid-shaped, toothless on distal. third to half, upcurved and exceeding antennular peduncle, in large males, curving downward, the unarmed portion absent and only reaching to middle of second antennular article; both shapes found in young males.

Colour : Pale brown to dark brown