Scientific Name: Solenocera crassicornis (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)
Synonym: Penaeus crassicornis (Currently unaccepted)
English Name: Coastal Mud shrimp, Red Prawn,Udang merah
Local/Bangla Name: Ghora chingri (ঘোড়া চিংড়ি)
Labcode: MC2502DC-15
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
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
