NO. 8666 CRUSTACEA—TIRMIZI AND MANNING 39 
15. Oratosquilla nepa (Latreille, 1825) 
FicurE 15 
Squilla nepa.—Kemp, 1913, p. 60, pl. 4 (fig. 49).—Chopra, 1934, p. 23.—Holthuis, 
1941, p. 245 [older references].—Barnard, 1950, p. 847, figs. lb, 2a.—Kurian, 
1954, p. 85.—Holthuis, 1967b, p. 7—Manning, 1968b, p. 31, fig. 10.—Chhap- 
gar and Sane, 1968, p. 45 [key]. 
MatTErIAu.—6 6, 72-93 mm; 6 2, 538-83 mm (in 8 lots) ; off Karachi; University 
of Karachi.—2o, 75-92 mm; 1?, 80 mm; same; USNM.—1<’, 99 mm; off 
West Pakistan; A. H. Qadri; USNM. 
DescripTion.—Eye of moderate size, cornea bilobed, set almost 
transversely on stalk, cornea width less than length of stalk; ocular 
scales subquadrate or rounded, inclined laterally; rostral plate sub- 
quadrate, tapering distally, apex truncate or rounded, lateral margins 
upturned, obscure median tubercle occasionally present; anterior 
bifurcation of median carcina of carapace uninterrupted, bifurcation 
opening posterior to dorsal pit, secondarily closing anterior to pit in 
some specimens; intermediate carinae of carapace not extending to 
anterior margin, converging anteriorly with laterals; anterolateral 
spines of carapace strong, extending to or beyond base of rostral plate; 
dactylus of claw with 6 teeth, outer margin sinuous; dorsal ridge of 
carpus irregular, with 2-3 large tubercles; inferodistal angle of merus 
with blunt spine; mandibular palp present; 4 epipods present; last 3 
thoracic somites rough, pitted, with submedian and intermediate 
carinae, neither armed, intermediates pitted; anterior lobe of lateral 
process of fifth thoracic somite a slender, anteriorly directed spine, 
posterior lobe shorter, slender, apex acute but rounded; lateral proc- 
esses of next 2 somites bilobed, anterior lobe on sixth somite large, 
obliquely truncate, posterior lobe larger, triangular, apex blunt, 
anterior lobe of lateral process of seventh somite an acute but rounded 
lobe, posterior lobe larger, triangular, apex rounded; abdomen rough, 
pitted, surface irregular; abdominal carinae spined as follows: sub- 
median 4-6, intermediate 3-6, lateral 2-6, marginal 1-5; telson 
flattened, about as long as broad, with 3 pairs of marginal teeth, sub- 
medians and intermediates slender, elongate; prelateral lobes present; 
denticles large, rounded, 2—4, 6-9, 1; dorsal surface of telson, either 
side of median carcina, with lines of pits, but lacking rows of tubercles 
or carinae except for carinae of marginal teeth; long postanal keel 
present; uropod with 8-9 short, movable spines on outer margin of 
proximal segment; lobe on outer margin of inner spine of basal 
prolongation of uropod low, rounded, margin concave. 
Cotor.—Most specimens faded in preservative; some show traces 
of dark, rectangular patches on the second and fifth abdominal 
somites; uropod with dark color on exopod at articulation of distal 
