External Descriptive Characters
- Colour of Body :
Greyish greenish
- Decoration :
Absent
- Body shape :
straight
- Rostral shape :
straight
- Rostral Size :
Small
- Rostral Condition :
Teeth only dorsal side
- Rostal formula :
D/V -8/0
- Carapace :
a)Size of Carpace : Moderate b) spines of carpace :
Branchiostegal spine -Absent hapatic spine -Present Antennal spine -present Post orbital spine -absent Supra hepatic spine -Absent
c) Carina of Carapace : Post rostral carina : Present Hepatic Carina: Present Adrostral Carina : present Branchiocardial Carina : present Longitudinal Carina : Absent
d) Slcus of Carapace : Branchiocardiac sulcus - Present Hapatic sulcus : present Post rostral sulcus - presnt Adrostral sulcus - present Longitudinal sulcus - present
- Eye Condition :
Stalked and Compound Antennules : a) number of antennular Flagella : one pair b) Size of antennular Flagella : Short
- Antenna :
a)Size of antennular flagella : Short b)condition of antennular flagella : very smooth c)Size of antennal Scale : short
- Condition of abdomen :
Straight
- Abdominal Pleura :
Simply previous absominal pleura overloped abdominal pleura
- Abdominal Carina :
Absent
- uropods :
a) Size : Small b) Conditiion : Smooth
- Telson :
a)Condition : Non-spiny b) Size : Small c) Groove on dorsal surtface : Absent d) Spine : Absent
- External genital organ :
Petasma Absent , so it is female .
Morphometeric Characteristics
a. Total Length : 11cm
b. Stander Length : 7.8cm
c. Carapace Lenght : 3.1cm
d. Rostral Length : 3.4 cm
e. Abdominal lenght :
f antennal scalle legthe :
Specific Characters Grouped in to differnt taxa
a. Join Footed Animal Hence the specimen Belongs to the phylum:Arthropoda
b. 5 segment of head fused so the specimen belongs to the class : Crustacea
c. Tall walking legs so the specimen belongs to order : Dcapoda
d. Last two pairs walking legs are cephalopode so the specimen belongs to the Family : Penadeae
e. Teeth on upper side only so hence the specimen belongs to the Genus : Metapenaeus
f. Rsotral formula p/v 8/0 So this Species: M. Monocerus
Classification
Phylum: Arthopoda
Class : Crustacea
Order: Decapoda
Family : peaedea
Sub family : peaenae
Genus : Metapenaeus
Species :M. monocerros
Conclusion
on the basis of external characters monophometric characters meristric characters and finally specific characters grouped into different taxa the speciment is Metapenaeus monoceros
References :
Bandhopaddhey A 2004 " matsya srenibinnash taltya o proyog" kabir publication, Bnglabazar Dhaka
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