Metapenaeus brevicornis (Milne Edwards, 1837)

Rostrum with elevated crest and straight

PETASMA distomedian projection of petasma with a long and slender apical filament; distolateral projections directed anterolaterally.

THELYCUM anterior plate of thelycum large square and grooved; lateral plates boomerang-shaped and enclosing 2 pear shaped plates.

Merus of pereopod fifth of male showing ventral keel.

Distinctive characters : Almost entire body hairless; rostrum armed with 5 to 7 dorsal teeth, toothless on little less than its distal half, reaching from proximal margin of second, to distal margin of third antenular article; rostral crest high.

Colour : Pale yellow to pale whitish