Palaemon
PALAEMON
CLASSIFICATION
PHYLUM: ARTHROPODA (Jointed appendages).
SUB-PHYLUM: CRUSTACEA (Biramous appendages).
CLASS: MALACOSTACA (carapace covers head/thorax).
Comment:
•Commonly called as "prawn".
•Body is elongated, spindle shaped, bilalerally symmetrical and deep orange coloured when preserved.
•Division the body are cephalothorax, abdomen & telson."
•Cephalothorax is made up of 5 head & 8 thoracic segments. Carapace is anteriorly produced into sawthoothed rostrum.
•There are two prominent eyes on the head.
• Abdomen is made up of 6 segments.
•There are 19 pairs of appendages, one pair in each segment. The cephalic appendages comprises of antennules, antennal,mandibles, maxillal & maxillulae.
•First abdominal somite is not reduced. Rest 5 abdominal segments contain paired biramous swimming pleopods.
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