Scientific Name: Acetes indicus H. Milne Edwards, 1830
English Name: Jawla paste shrimp
Local/Bangla Name: Dhaina icha (ধাইনা ইচা), Gura icha (গুড়া ইচা), Banguri chingri (বাংগুড়ি চিংড়ি), Lailla icha (লইল্ল্যা ইচা)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Sergestidae
Description:
The body of this crustacean is somewhat transparent, with a short rostrum that has two distinct teeth. The telson of the female is triangular at the apex, while the male has a rounded genital coxa at the anterior margin. The petasma of the male does not have a pars astringens and it has one clasping spine on the lower antennular flagellum.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Moheskhali, Kumira, Hatia, Khepupara, Murrelganj (Bagerhat) and Kaliganj (Shatkhira)
Environment:
Marine, Brackish
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
