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Xenanthura orientalis

Scientific Name:-
Xenanthura orientalis

Common Name:-
-

Malayalam Name:-

Category:-
Isopods

Status:-
Not known


Description:-

Long and subcylindrical body, of uniform width, dorsal surface not sculptured. Cephalon very short, as long as broad, with a small but prominent apically rounded rostrum. Telson short, memraneous. Palm of propodus of peraeopod 1 not spiny, with two teeth, peraeopod 2 subequal to peraeopod 1.

Threats:-

Not recorded

Remark:-

Collected from Kayamkulam lake of Kerala by Pillai (1963).

Habitat:-

marine

Synonyms:-

References:-

Pillai, NK. 1963. Observations on the Genus Xenanthura (Isopoda, Anthuridae). Crustaceana, 5 (4): 263-270




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