Description:-

Body highly asymmetrical, one side longer than the other. Cepahlon immersed in pereonite 1, pereonite 1 longest, anterior margin deeply trisinuate, antero-lateral angles produced; postero-lateral angles of all pereonites rounded; pereonite 3 to 6 enlarged on one side to give a hunched appearance to the body, coxal plates well developed, first 2 small , posterior ones extending up to posterior margins of respective segments. Pleon broader than pereonite 7 and telson; pleonites 1 and 2 immersed in pereonite 7; pleonite 1 to 4 subequal to one another in length; pleonite 5 longest. Telson rectangular, more than 1.5 times broader than long, faint dorsomedian carina observed, dorsal surface faintly pustulose. All pleopods prehencile similar in structure; ischium stout; carpus slightly immersed in merus; dactylus falcate, uniunguicualte. All pleopods identical , rami non setigerous , rounded apically. Uropods flattened, cylindrical, exopod longer than endopod, slightly overreaching telson. Colour light brown in preserved specimens.

Threats:-

Not recorded

Remark:-

Pillai (1954) and Mini Nair (1987) recorded this species from Kerala coast.

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References:-

http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=258726
Mini Nair 1987. Studies on the Systematics and Ecology of the Isopods of the South-West coast of India. Phd Thesis, University of Kerala, India.
Pillai NK (1954) A preliminary note on the Tanaidacea and Isopoda of Travancore. Bulletin of the Central Research Institute, University of Kerala, India 3: 1-21.