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Scientific Name: Oratosquillina perpensa (Kemp, 1911)
English Name: Common squillid mantis shrimp
Local/Bangla Name: Motora icha (মটোরা ইচা)
Photo: ABR Lab
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Stomatopoda
Family: Squillidae
Description:
The shrimp has a T-shaped eye with a bilobed cornea. The carapace, thorax, and abdomen have longitudinal. The telson has a median longitudinal ridge and conspicuous posterior spines. The posterolateral corners of the carapace are evenly rounded and not excavated. The rostral plate is broader than long.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Cox’s Bazar, Dublar Char, Passur River and Sundarbans Mangrove area
Environment:
Marine
Other 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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