Species brevicornis
Metapenaeus brevicornis
- Rostrum projecting beyond basal antennular segments, with a marked
edentate distal portion
- Posterior part of rostrum with distinctly elevated crest
- Each distomedian projection of petasma with a long and slender spical
filament
- Thelycum with a large anterior plate
- Lateral plates boomerang shaped and enclosing two pear shaped plates