Abstract |
A new species of palaemonid shrimp, Palaemon khori sp. nov. is described from Qatar. The new
species is closely related to Palaemon debilis Dana, but can be distinguished from that species by
its rostral shape, the near quadrate fifth pleuron, a wider and less elongate telson, longer mesial telson
spines, as well as details of the male first and second pleopods. A number of other morphological
features are recorded here for the first time in a species of Palaemon, notably the marginal
setation of the distal half of the telson. |