Sungta

Name : Parapenaeopsis stylifera

Class : Malacostraca

Order : Decapoda

Family : Penaeidae

Description :

Rostrum sigmoid-shaped, strongly upcurved and by far overreaching tip of antennular peduncle (in males somewhat shorter).In males, distolateral projections of petasma slender, horn-like and straight, directed antero-laterally and with ventro-external openings; distomedian projections small and curved ventrally. In females, anterior plate: of thelycum square, con- cave, with a slender stem-like posterior process; posterior plate deeply notched arrteromedially.

Size

Maximum length: 11.2 cm (TL), Common length: 4-8 cm (TL)

Diet

Feeds on small crustaceans, algae, foraminifera’s, small molluscs and organic detritus

Utilization

Marketed fresh, frozen, dried, canned and as prawn meat or pulp.

Gears

Trawl, gill net, cast net, drag net