How to determine the sex of prawn?
Petasma
The copulatory organ of the male species located ventrally on the
thorax between the bases of the two posterior pairs (4th and 5th)
pereiopods. It is formed from both the first left and right anterior
abdominal pleopods. The stiff tubular process is used for transferring
sperm packet to the thelycum of the female.
Thelycum
The copulatory organ of the female species located ventrally on
the thorax between the bases of the two posterior pairs (4th and
5th) pereiopods. It consists of an anterior, a posterior and sometimes
lateral plates. This seminal receptacle is used to store spermatophore
transferred from the male.
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