Scientific Name: Palaemon styliferus H. Milne Edwards, 1840
Synonym: Exopalaemon styliferus (Currently unaccepted)
English Name: Roshma prawn
Local/Bangla Name: Gara icha (গারা ইচা), gura chingri (গুড়া চিংড়ি)
Labcode: S1611Sb-10
Photo: ABR Lab
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Palaemonidae
Description:
Body is covered with numerous spots which are most prominent on rostrum. Rostrum long and slender and also armed with 6-8 dorsal teeth (including the carapace). There are also 7-8 ventral teeth. Epigastric tooth are not present. Telson devoid of spine and slightly swollen near the tip. Body color is whitish. Distal part of rostrum is dark reddish brown.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Sundarban Mangrove forest, Bangladesh
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
Khan G (1999) Life cycle and population dynamics of Penaeid shrimps exploited by a multigear fisheries system with special reference to ESBN and trammel net at the coast of Bangladesh. PhD Thesis, Department of Zoology. University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Pp. 200
