Sixth abdominal segment bearing 3 lateral scars. Telson with pointed tip and 3 pairs of movable distal spines. First 3 pairs of walking legs chelate, only basial spines present on first and second walking legs. Walking legs and pleopods pale yellow proximally, blue distally. Uropods distally striped with yellow and blue, setal fringe red.
Juveniles mostly inshore.
April - November. Life-span approximately 2.5 yrs. Zoological Results of the Cambridge Expedition to the Suez Canal 1924. The effect of damming on the shrimp population in the south-eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea. Holthuis, L.B. 1987.