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A new record of deep-sea caridean shrimp Plesionika narval (Decapoda: Pandalidae) from the south west coast of India

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Title A new record of deep-sea caridean shrimp Plesionika narval (Decapoda:
Pandalidae) from the south west coast of India
 
Creator Chakraborty, Rekha D
Kuberan, G
Purushothaman, P
Maheswarudu, G
Baby, P K
 
Subject Crustacean Fisheries
 
Description Pandalid shrimp, Plesionika narval (Fabricius,
1787) was recorded from trawl fishing off Kochi
(9°59’ N 76°14’E), Kerala, south-west coast of India.
The specimens were obtained from deep-sea shrimp
trawlers operated at a depth range of 250-300 m.
Samples were collected from the Kalamuku Landing
Centre on 4th April 2014. 14 males and 12 females
in good condition were segregated from the mixed
deep-sea shrimp doscards and their measurements
recorded (Table 1). Body was transparently pinkred
in colour with a pair of sub dorsal and lateral
red margined white stripes extending along almost
entire body length from anterior carapace to
posterior abdomen.
 
Publisher Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2015
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/10966/1/225-10.pdf
Chakraborty, Rekha D and Kuberan, G and Purushothaman, P and Maheswarudu, G and Baby, P K (2015) A new record of deep-sea caridean shrimp Plesionika narval (Decapoda: Pandalidae) from the south west coast of India. Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical and Extension Series (225). p. 22. ISSN 0254-380 X