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Family Solenoceridae
Key to genera and species
[Adapted from Perez Farfante, 1977]
Family Solenoceridae 97
1. Upper and lower antennular flagella lamellate; exopod of uropod lacking distolateral
spine Solenocera
Upper antennular flagellum subcylindrical, lower subcylindrical or flattened;
exopod of uropod armed with distolateral spine 2
2. (1) Lower antennular flagellum conspicuously depressed, orbital spine present
, Mesopenaeus tropicalis
Lower antennular flagellum subcylindrical, occasionally depressed; if so, orbital
spine lacking 3
3. (2) Epigastric and first rostral teeth separated from remaining teeth by long interval;
suprahepatic spine absent ,.. Hymenopenaeus
Epigastric tooth separated from first rostral tooth by interval not conspicuously
greater or smaller than that between first and second rostral teeth 4
4. (3) Rostrum low, with ventral margin straight or concave; submarginal carina present...
Pleoticus robustus
Rostrum deep, with ventral margin pronouncedly convex; submarginal carina
absent Hadropenaeus