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On a new species of Penaeus (Crustacea, Decapoda: Penaeidae) from North Borneo.

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Title On a new species of Penaeus (Crustacea, Decapoda: Penaeidae) from North Borneo.
 
Creator Muthu, M S
Motoh, H
 
Subject Crustacean Fisheries
 
Description A new species of penaeid prawn, Penaeus silasi from North Borneo is described in detail and compared with the closely related species such as P. indicus,
P. merguiensis and P. penicillatus. The new- species is characterized by the following
features: The 3rd maxilliped of the adult male has a dactylus as long as or
slightly shorter tha n the propodus which has only a rudimentary tuft of hair instead
of a long tuft of bristles as in P. indicus ;
the anterior plate of the thelycum is
triangular and relatively prominent.
 
Publisher Carcinological Society of Japan
 
Date 1979
 
Type Article
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/10890/1/Researches%20on%20Crustacea_9_1979_Muthu%20M.S_Penaeus%20species.pdf
Muthu, M S and Motoh, H (1979) On a new species of Penaeus (Crustacea, Decapoda: Penaeidae) from North Borneo. Researches on Crustacea, 9. pp. 64-70.