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Scientific Name: Solenocera crassicornis (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)
English Name: Coastal Mud shrimp
Local/Bangla Name: Ghora chingri (ঘোড়া চিংড়ি)
Coastal Mud shrimp - Ghora chingri (ঘোড়া চিংড়ি) - Solenocera crassicornis - Type: Shrimp

Photo: ABR Lab

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Solenoceridae
Description:
It is reddish-orange to red in color. The pereopods and pleopods are also reddish-orange to red. The antennae are uniformly red. The antennular flagella are lamellate. They form a respirator tube, which is used to breathe. The rostrum is short that has 8-10 teeth. The carapace has 3 postrostral teeth and 1 epigastric tooth. The telson does not have a pair of subapical fixed spines.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh
Environment:
Marine
Main References:

Habib KA, Kim CG, Oh J, Neogi AK, Lee YH (2017) Aquatic Biodiversity of Sundarbans, Bangladesh), Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST), 394 p.

Other References:

Uddin MS, Chowdhury SR, Rashed MR, Singha NK, Tazim MF, Mamun MAA, Mamun A, Rahman MM, Hasan ME (eds.) (2022) Album: Marine and Coastal Fishes of Bangladesh, Department of Fisheries, Government of Bangladesh, 336 pp

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

Carpenter KE, Niem VH (eds) (1998) FAOs species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Volume 2. Cephalopods, crustaceans, holothurians and sharks, Rome,FAO 1998, 687-1396 Pp

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