Parapenaeopsis sculptilis
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Petasma with a pair of distolateral projections directed laterally or distolaterally,
short and spout like
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Post rostral carina reaching almost to posterior border of carapace
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Antennular flagella 0.4-0.6 length of carapace, movable lateral spines
absent on telson
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In males, petasma with long, rabbit ear-shaped distomedian projections,
deeply concave ventrally
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Distolateral projections short, directed anterolaterally
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Proximolateral lobes very large, and curved dorsally
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The thelycum with anterior plate distally rounded and broadly articulating
with posterior plate, the latter with a median tubercle bearing a tuft
of long setae

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National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa, India