Penaeus (Melicertus) latisulcatus
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Telson armed usually with 3 pairs of spinules
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Adrostral sulcus as wide as post-rostral carina
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Telson armed with 3 pairs of movable spines
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Adrostral carina and groove long, extending almost to posterior margin
of carapace, the groove wide
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Gastrofrontal crest present
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Gastrofrontal groove bifurcate posteriorly
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Petasma with distomedian projection reaching to or slightly overhanging
distal margin of costae
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Ventral costae largely broadened apically unarmed on their free border
but incised on thier attached border
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Outer surface of lateral lobes not tuberculate
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Thelycum with lateral plates their anteromedian angles divergent
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Anterior process with anterolateral edge raised forming 2 subtriangular
or cylindrical projections
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posterior process triangular, its anteior edge raised
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Its lateral ridges delimiting a median depressed area
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