DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERS OF SPECIES

Trachypenaeus sedill   (Hall, 1961)

PETASMA with long horne-like distolateral projections directed laterally, their tips slightly curving forward; distomedian projections small, curved ventrally.

THELYCUM anterior plate of thelycum with strongly raised enterior and lateral margins distally pointed; posterior plate also with strongly raised lateral margins, the whole making a widely concave armchair-like structure.

Ditinctive characters : Entire body densely pubescent. Rostrum armed with 8 t 10 (rarely 8) dorsal teeth, reaching to distal half of second antennular article, generally strongly upcurved in females, straight in males.

Colour : pinkish to pale red


 
 

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