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Scientific Name: Metapenaeus lysianassa (De Man, 1888)
English Name: Bird shrimp
Local/Bangla Name: Kucho (কুছো), Loilla (লইল্ল্যা), Gusha chingri (গুশা চিংড়ি)
Photo: Mostafa A R Hossain,2015 (IUCN Bangladesh)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Penaeidae
Description:
The rostrum is wide and short. The telson is armed only with small spines. In adult males, the distolateral projections of the petasma bifurcate distally. In females, the anterior and lateral plates of the thelycum are ovoid in shape and equal in size; the conjoined pads are usually set obliquely. The body is flesh-colored with grey dots.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Satkhira, Bagerhat, Khulna, Patuakhali, Sundarban, Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar and Teknaf, and in the Bay of Bengal.
Environment:
Marine
Other References:
DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
GenBank Accession Number:
Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
IUCN conservation status:
Other Information
