Skeleton Shrimp

USNM 1435998 specimen image; FTP_3286

Recorded from Vasai near Mumbai, India along the northwest coast of India for the first time. Earlier record of the species from the southwest coast, India was based on a single female specimen.

Recorded from Vasai near Mumbai, India along the northwest coast of India for the first time. Earlier record of the species from the southwest coast, India was based on a single female specimen.

Recorded from Vasai near Mumbai, India along the northwest coast of India for the first time. Earlier record of the species from the southwest coast, India was based on a single female specimen.

Female P. pusilla with brood pouch

Male P. pusilla showing gnathopod 2 with proximal knob and trapezoidal projection onpropodus