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Type Description

Morphologically similar to other Penaidae species, this species has a cream-colored body with brown-green spots. The antennae, rostrum, abdomen, and telson's central part are dark brown, while the uropod is blue. There are faint vertical brown bands on the sides of the body. The rostrum has 9-12 teeth on the upper part and 1 tooth on the lower part. The carapace has a smooth structure. The abdomen may consist of 2-6 segments.

Habitat

 Their life continues in sandy bottoms, coastline to 80 m.

Reproductive Information

"Reproduction size in shrimp is not only dependent on species, gender, and age but also on the temperature and feeding conditions. In shrimp living in nature and ponds, sexual maturity and mating occur at the age of 8-10 months. Sexual maturity is the smallest size at which spermatozoa can be observed in males (Solis, 1988).

Penaeid shrimp are gonochoric, meaning they have separate sexes. Genital openings (gonopores) open on the inner surfaces of the III. pair pereopods in females and on the koksa, a part of the V. pair pereopods, in males. Both the patella in male shrimp and the telikum in females are secondary sexual organs that can be easily seen with the naked eye. The shapes and structures of these secondary sexual organs are specific to shrimp species (Kumlu 2001)."

Lifecycle

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General Pathway Information

Suez Canal

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