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Scientific Name: Metapenaeus ensis (De Haan, 1844)
Synonym: Penaeus ensis (Currently unaccepted)
English Name: Torpedo shrimp
Local/Bangla Name: Ruda chingri (রুডা চিংড়ি)
Photo: IUCN Bangladesh (2015)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Penaeidae
Description:
The rostrum is straight and has an epigastric tooth. The telson is unarmed. In males, the petasma has long, slender, horn-like projections. In females, the front plate of thelycum is subquadrate. The body is usually grey in color, and the rostrum and postrostral crest are dark brown
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Coastal regions of Bangladesh
Environment:
Marine, Brackish
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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