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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India

Volume 51 Issue 1
A record of skeleton shrimp Paracaprella pusilla Mayer, 1890 from Mumbai waters
Vishal Jayant Bhave and V. D. Deshmukh
Abstract
Caprellid shrimp Paracaprella pusilla Mayer, 1890 is recorded from Vasai near Mumbai along the northwest coast of India for the first time. Since earlier record of the species from the southwest coast was based on a single female specimen, the description of male with dimorphic characters is presented.
Keywords
Caprellid shrimp, amphipod, Paracaprella pusilla
Date : 01-09-2009