Nematopalaemon tenuipes
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Branchhiostegal spine present, situated on, or slightly behind, anterior
margin of carapace
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Endopod of first pleopod of male without well developed appendix interna
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Fifth pair of peropods with transverse rows of hairs on distal part of
posterior margin
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Rostrum with an elevayed basal dorsal crest of tooth
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Pleura of fifth abdominal segment rounded
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Dactylus of last 3 pairs of pereopods very strongly lengthened, longer
than carpus and propodus together
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Branchiostegal groove absent from carapace.
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Most of distal parts of dorsal margins toothless save for small subdistal
tooth, ventral margin with 2 to 6 teeth
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Rostrum long and slender, with an elevated basal crest of 4 to 7 teeth
over the eye.

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National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa, India