5.3. Key to the genus Parapenaeopsis

Unit 5 -Key to important species the family Penaeidae
5.3. Key to the genus Parapenaeopsis
  • Carapace without lateral keels;
  • Cutting portion of mandible short and massive.
  • Rostrum toothed on dorsal margin only.
  • Telson usually without fixed spines;
  • No spine on inner border of first article of antennuler peduncle.
  • Exopods present on second to fifth pereopods.
  • No pleurobranch on penultimate thoracic segment.
  • Carapace with longitudinal suture.
  • Longitudinal suture usually long;
  • Epipod absent on third pereopod.
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