Plate 1 issued from : Haq S.M. & Fazal-Ur-Rehman in Zool. Meded. Leiden, 1973, 46 (13). [Figs.1-13 (part.), p.184]. Female: 1, habitus (dorsal view); 2, Th5 and urosome; 3, A1; 7, maxilla; 8, maxilliped; 9, P1; 10, P2; 11, P3; 12, P4; 13, P5. Nota: Forehead rounded with a typical middorsal crest provided with 2 purple coloured eyes situated ventrally. Head and 1st pediger somite separate. Presence of a purple spot mid-dorsally in the prosome. The posterior thoracic corner rounded and flexed downward, provided with a notch on the ventral aspect. Genital segment slightly asymmetrical in dorsal view, bulging slightly towards the left. Caudal rami symmetrical, about 2 times as long as broad and bears 5 small setae, it has an additional sensory bristle located between s the 1st and 2nd setae. A1 21-segmented, does notreaching beyond the 4th thoracic somite. A2 exopod longer than endopod. Mx2: gnathobase with 15 setae arranged in double rows.
Plate 2 issued from : Haq S.M. & Fazal-Ur-Rehman in Zool. Meded. Leiden, 1973, 46 (13). [Figs.14-19a (part.), p.186]. Male: 14, habitus (dorsal view); 15, right A1; 17, distal portion of maxilliped; 18, left P5; 19, right P5; 19 a, chelate portion of right enlarged.
epipelagic, coastal. Close to Centropages dorsispinatus, it is distinguished from the latter by the absence of a mid-dorsal hook situated at the posterior end of the cephalic region and by the presence of a purple spot mid-dorsally.
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