Penaeus (Marsupenaeus) japonicus
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Rostrum with an accessory carina on the blade
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Telson armed with 3 pairs of movable spines
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Last abdominal segment colour band not reaching the ventral margin (discontinuos)
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Petasma with long distomedian projections distinctly overhanging distal
margin of costae, tip enlarged
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Ventral costae slightly broadened apically and unarmed
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Outer surface of lateral lobes not tuberculate
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Thelycum without lateral plates but with a pouch widely open anteriorly
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Anterior and posterior processes forming a triangular, concave plate
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National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa, India