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Scientific Name: Penaeus merguiensis De Man, 1888
English Name: Banana prawn
Local/Bangla Name: Not Known
Banana prawn - Not Known - Penaeus merguiensis - Type: Zooplankton

Photo: Kaustubh Sandip Warde(GBIF)

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Penaeidae
Description:
The carapace and abdomen of this species lack any dark brown transverse bands and are uniformly smooth. Fully grown females are distinguished by a uniformly high proximal part of the triangular rostrum. The rostrum typically features 7 or 8 dorsal teeth and 5 or 6 ventral teeth, without any lateral spines on the telson. In terms of coloration, these organisms, when alive, display a creamy to yellow hue, sometimes with minute speckles of brown, olive green, or light green pigments. Their antennules are marked with brown bands, while their antennae are brown without banding. The legs and pleopods exhibit a yellowish color, occasionally tinged with brown or pink. Uropods show combinations of yellowish green and brownish shades. Fully grown individuals have a brown fringe along the upper margin of the rostrum.
Environment:
Marine,Brackish water
Comments:
Larval Stage of Prawn
Main References:

Al MA, Akhtar A, Rahman MF, AftabUddin S, Modeo L (2020) Temporal distribution of zooplankton communities in coastal waters of the northern Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 34, 100993.

Other References:

Khan MS, Uddin SA, Haque MA (2015) Abundance and composition of zooplankton at Sitakunda coast of Chittagong, Bangladesh. Research in Agriculture Livestock and Fisheries, 2(1), 151-160.

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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