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Scientific Name: Kishinouyepenaeopsis maxillipedo (Alcock, 1905)

Synonym: Parapenaeopsis maxillipedo (Currently unaccepted)

English Name: Torpedo shrimp
Local/Bangla Name: Ruda chingri (রুডা চিংড়ি)
Torpedo shrimp - Ruda chingri (রুডা চিংড়ি) - Kishinouyepenaeopsis maxillipedo - Type: Shrimp

Photo: Mostafa A R Hossain,2015 (IUCN Bangladesh)

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Penaeidae
Description:
The rostrum of this creature is straight and upturned. The telson is unarmed. In males, the petasma has long and slender horn-like projections that extend laterally. In females, the anterior plate of the thelycum is subquadrate. It is also depressed and fused to the posterior plate. The body of this creature is usually grey in color.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh
Environment:
Marine
Main References:

Ahmed ATA, Kabir SMH, Ahmad M, Rahman AKA, Haque EU, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hassan MA, Khondker M (Eds.) (2008) Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol. 18. Part II. Arthropoda: Crustacea. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka, 226 pp

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