Table 1. Key diagnostic characters separating E. modestus from its congener E in First record of a rare Axiid Shrimp Eutrichocheles modestus (Herbst, 1796) (Malacostraca: Decapoda: Axiidae) from Northwestern Bay of Bengal

Table 1. Key diagnostic characters separating E. modestus from its congener E. crosnieri
Diagnostic charactersEutrichocheles modestusE. crosnieriAnterolateral border of carapaceBears a spine and a tubercleBears two spinesPost cervical region of carapaceHas a short median dorsal carinaAbsentAbdominal pleuraThird to fifth segment carry an anterior spine eachAbsentAntennal acicleBifidTrifidFourth thoracic sterniteArmed with a lateral spineUnarmed