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Cephalothorax with its appendages. Abdomen with its appendages. Cephalothorax consists of 14 segments (6 cephalon and 8 thorax) Somite 1 ophthalmic somite, carries the eyes, usually movable and consists of a stalk. Somite 2 antennular spine carries antennules Somite 3 antennal somite, carries the antennae Somite 4 to 9 carry mouth parts. Somite 10 to 14 carry 5 pairs of Periopods.
Abdomen consists of 6 segments (15 to 20) Dorsal part tergite Ventral part sternite Lateral part pleura From 15 to 19 5 pairs of pleopods are there. Somite 20 bears the tailfan, which consists of a
Panulirus homarus
Abdomen segments with anterior margins of
transfer grooves. Antennal plates with 2 pairs of large spines and a few spinules. Legs with inconspicuous, irregular spots and short stripes. Body with greenish to blackish with numerous very small, white spots without transfer bands. White and greenish bands present in antennules.
groove with a broad transfer band of a brown color over the middle and only 2 white blotches on either side. Antennular plate with 2 pairs of large spines. Legs conspicuously and irregularly spotted. Bluish or greenish spines on carapace yellow. Anterior part of carapace on and near bases of the frontal horns and the anterior spines with a vermicular patter of pale and dark lines.
spinules.
Legs irregular and inconspicuously blotched. Antennules broad banded.
Panulirus versicolor
Abdominal segments without a transfer groove
with a white band along posterior margin, flannked at either side by a dark band. Antennular plate with 4 large spines. Legs and antennules longitudinally striped. Carapace with a characteristics pattern of dark blue areas with white lines. Bases of antennal bright pink not extending on to antennular plate.
Panulirus penicillatus
Abdomen segments with distinct transverse
Genus puerulus
First pair of legs not enlarged with no trace of a
pincer without cross bands. Carapace without a scale-like sculpture. Tail variously coloured, smooth or with at most 2 transverse grooves. Two distinct. Widely separated tooth-like frontal horns, between which the anterior margin of the carapace is visible. Antennal flagella, although large and firm, quite flexite. Flagella of antennules short, shorter than last segment of antennular peduncle.
Puerulus sewelli
Carapace angular, with a median and 2 lateral
The most common genus coming under the family Scyllaridae is Thenus
Thennus orientalis
Widest in front and distinctly narrowing porteriorly