taxonID	type	description	language	source
CC2C87ECA4190E07FF6AF95062A607E6.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: Integument hard and densely pubescent. Rostrum straight with 8 – 9 dorsal teeth excluding the epigastric tooth, postrostral carina distinct on its entire length (Fig. 1, 2 A). Hepatic spine small but well developed and hepatic sulcus indistinct. The carina on the second abdominal segment incomplete, forms a tubercle located midway. Carina on abdominal segment 3 starting at 1 / 3 rd, from 4 to 6 complete (Fig. 1, 2 B). Carina on 6 th abdominal segment end in sharp spine (Fig. 1, 3 A). Epipodes present on first three pereiopods. The spines on the telson very short or minute not easily discerned. Fifth abdominal segment shorter than the sixth and sixth almost as long as the telson. The carina on telson distinct extending throughout its length (Fig. 3 B). The median plate on the anterior portion of the thelycum semicircular, single transverse plate on the posterior portion (Fig. 1). FIGURE 1. Trachypenaeus asper Alcock, 1905 type specimen (Courtesy ZSI, Kolkata, India) Coloration in life. Body white to pinkish with numerous red chromatophores on the carapace and abdomen. Rostrum 2 / 3 rd reddish, white toward the tip, uropods reddish and outer border of telson red. The tergum of abdominal somites 2 – 5 red.	en	Pillai, S. Lakshmi, Jeena, N. S., Maheswarudu, G., Sreesanth, L., Ragesh, N. (2021): Trachysalambria aspera (Alcock, 1905) (Crustacea, Decapoda, Penaeidae) from the southeastern Arabian Sea, India. Zootaxa 4974 (2): 396-400, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4974.2.9
