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5.1.1. Fenneropenaeus indicus
Unit 5 -Key to important species the family Penaeidae
5.1.1. Fenneropenaeus indicus - Indian white shrimp
- Carapace without lateral keels;
- Cutting portion of mandible short and massive;
- Rostrum toothed on dorsal, as well as on ventral margin. Rostrum slender and long, with 7 to 9 teeth on dorsal and 4 to 6 teeth on ventral margin; blade of rostrum becoming moderately high in large specimens;
- Adrostral crest and groove extending as far as, or just beyond epigastric tooth, the groove shallow; post-rostral crest ending distinctly before posterior margin of carapace; gastrofrontal and hepatic crests absent; gastroorbital crest extending over posterior 2/3 of distance between hepatic spine and orbital margin;
- In adult males, dactyl of third maxilliped about as long as propodus (0.85 to 1.0 times). Petasma (in males) with distomedian projections overhanging distal margin of costae; ventral costae unarmed; outer surface of lateral lobes with a few rows of minute tubercles.
- Thelycum (in females) with lateral plates, their median margins forming tumid lips beset with papillae on their inner surface;
- Anterior process rounded distally; posterior process ill-calcified, almost completely inserted between lateral plates.
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