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Scientific Name: Acetes erythraeus Nobili, 1906
English Name: Tshivakhini paste shrimp
Local/Bangla Name: Varta/Laila chingri (ভরতা/লইলা চিংড়ি), Lailla Icha (লইল্ল্যা ইচা), Gura icha (গুড়া ইচা), Banguri chingri (বাংগুড়ি চিংড়ি)
Photo: IUCN Bangladesh (2015)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Sergestidae
Description:
Rostrum is shorter than the eyes and has two dorsal denticles. First three pairs of pereopods are elongated, while the fourth and fifth pairs of pereopods are absent. Females are larger than males. The whole body is almost transparent.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Sundarbans area, 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
Other References:
Majumdar BC, Kabir IE, Sheikh AH, Mukul MN, Shovon MN(2023) Species Composition, Diversity and Abundance of the Zooplankton Population at Southern Estuary of Bangladesh. Diversity and Abundance of the Zooplankton Population at Southern Estuary of Bangladesh.
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