Planche 1 issued from : M. Madhupratap & P. Haridas in Hydrobiologia, 1994, 292/293. [p.69, Fig.1]
Female: A, habitus (dorsal view); B, urosome (dorsal), (spinules show variability); C, urosome (right lateral side); D, head with rostral filaments (ventral).
Male: F, urosome (dorsal).

20 females and 10 males from the Tuticorin (8°56'N, 78°20'E) and 100 females and 50 males from Portonovo (11°52'N, 79°50'E°E)6), plus specimens from Cochin backwaters (10°N, 76°E), Mandovi-Zuari estuaries (15°30'N, 74°E).

Nota female:
- Prosome-urosome ratio 3.7 : 1.
Cephalosome and pediger 1 separate.
-Posterior corners of metasome rounded, naked.
- All urosomal somites usually naked. Fine spinules shown on urosomal somites (fig.1B), and male (fig.1F) present only in specimens from Portonovo; the number of spinules varies within this population; specimens examined from other localities without spinules on urosomal somites.; however, spinules may be present on the urosome somites of animals from other localities (Tranter & Abraham, 1971, have shown the female from Cochin possessing some spinules.
- Caudal rami symmetrical, 1.4 times longer than broad, bearing 5 plumose setae and 1 setule.
Urosomal segments and caudal rami with proportions 46 : 19 : 12: 23 = 100.

Nota male:
- Prosome-Urosome ratio 3.1 : 1.
- Posterior corners of pediger 5 naked.
- Urosomal segments also unusually unarmed (variability shown in fig.1F)
- Caudal rami nearly as broad as long.
- Proportions of urosomal segments and caudal rami 11 : 29 : 23 : 8 : 12 : 17 = 100.

Planche 2 issued from : M. Madhupratap & P. Haridas in Hydrobiologia, 1994, 292/293. [p.71, Fig.3].
Female: A, A2; B, Md; C, Mx1; E, Mxp.

Nota:
- A2: coxa with 1 single seta,; basis fused with an endopod segment (allobasis) bearing 8 setae at inner margin, 1 seta terminally and 2 distal spinule rows, 2nd and 3rd segments incompletely fused appearing as a bilobed segment each bearing 7 setae; exopod 4-segmented segments incompletely fused (setal formula: 1, 1, 3, 3).
- Md: gnathobase with 5 sharp and 4 blunt teeth; basis with 1 medial seta; endopod with 2 incompletely fused segments, 1st with 2 setae, 2nd with 9 setae; exopod partly fused with basis, 3-segmented (setal formula 1, 1, 4).
- Mx1: praecoxal arthrite with 8 spines like and 1 weak setae; coxal endite with 2 setae, coxal epipodite with 9 developed setae; each of 2 basal endites with 1 thick seta, basal exite with 1 seta; endopod and exopod incompletely fused with 5 and 2 setae each.
- Mx2: praecoxa and coxa with 2 endites each (setal formula 4, 2, 2, 3); basis with 1 large and 1 small seta; endopod 3-segmented (setal formula 1, 2, 4).
- Mxp: praecoxa and coxa fused bearing 5 setae; basis bearing 1 spine like seta; endopod 4-segmented, 1st 3 segments incompletely fused, with 1 seta each; terminal segment with 2 setae;
- Mouthparts of male as in female.

Planche 3 issued from : M. Madhupratap & P. Haridas in Hydrobiologia, 1994, 292/293. [p.72, Fig.4].
Female: A-D, swimming legs 1-4 (respectively).

Planche 4 issued from : M. Madhupratap & P. Haridas in Hydrobiologia, 1994, 292/293. [p.70, Fig.2].
Female: A, A1 (proximal segments, middle segments and distal segments, respectively);
Male: right A1 (proximal segments, middle segments and distal segments, respectively); C, segment 14 of right A1.

Nota:
- A1 female 20-segmented, reaching midlength or pediger 5. Segment 4 with 1 spine, segment 8 longest, segments 6, 7, 11, 12, 14, 15 with spinules, terminal segment with 4 setae and 1 aesthetasc.
- Right A1 male 18-segmented, suture between segments 15 and 16 incomplete (arrow head, fig.2B), 2spines present on anterior margin of segment 4, 1 spine each on segments 7 and 12, segments 5 and 6 unarmed, geniculation between segments 13 and 14, segment 14 (fig.2C) armed with 2 larger and 2 smaller spines, 1 seta and 1 aesthetasc.

Planche 5 issued from : M. Madhupratap & P. Haridas in Hydrobiologia, 1994, 292/293. [p.73, Fig.5].
Female: A, P5.
Male: B, P5.

Nota:
- P5 female: symmetrical; 3-segmented, both coxal segments fused; basis oblong with 1 small seta on outer margin at about distal 2/3; base of terminal segment slightly swollen, tapering distally, with a distinct suture at midlength, portion distal to suture serrate.
-P5 male: Right and left coxal segments fused. Right leg basis with seta at distolateral corner; 1st exopodal segment with 1 long slender seta, 2nd exopodal segment with an oblong inner lobe bearing 1 spine, 3rd segment curved with 1 thick spine at midlength on medial margin and another at tip. Left leg basis more than twice as long as broad with outer seta at midlength; 1st exopoal segment short and unarmed, terminal segment medial margin with proximal tuft of hair, 1 spine embedded in a membraneous sheath, the sheath produced and of irregular shape and flanked on distal side by a recurved spine; tip of segment bifurcate, outer process much longer than inner process.

Planche 6 Issued from : R.B.S. Sewell in Spolia Zeylanica, 1914, 9. [Pl.XIX, Figs.8-9].
Female (from Gulf of Mannar): 9, P5.
Nota: Head and 1st thoracic segment separate, 4th and 5th fused. Posterior thoracic margin rounded and devoid of spines. Forehead with a pair of slender curved rostral filaments. Proportional lengths of prosome and urosome 35:1. Proportional lengths of urosomites and furca 26:13:10:15; all segments devoid of any spines. Caudal rami nearly as wide as long (9:10). A1 20-segmented (segments 2-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10 fused) reach just beyond the posterior thoracic margin. P5 consist of a fairly long basal segment bearing 1 minute seta on its external margin distally, and having a long and delicate terminal spine, this spine is curved and has a markedly swollen base.

Male: 8, P5.
Nota: Proportional lengths of prosome and urosome 4:1. Proportional lengths of urosomites and furca 18:14:3:9:10. Right A1 15-segmented (segments 1-4, 5-6, 7-8, 19-21, 22-25 fused) modified to form a grasping organ. P5: the right leg forms a claw, the 2nd segment bears a somewhat quadrangular process on its inner border, and the 3rd segment terminates in 2 short unequal spines.

Planche 7 issued from : R.B.S. Sewell in Fauna of the Chilka Lake, 1924, 12. [Pl. XLV, Fig.6].
Female and Male (from Chilka Lake).

Planche 8 issued from : R.-M. Bathélémy in J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K., 1999, 79. [p.864, Fig.7, A].
Scanning electon miccrograph. Female from Indian Ocean): A, genital double-somite (ventral); Note the epicuticule (arrowheads) covering the genital slits except the copulatory field (arrows).
Scale bar: 0.020 mm.

Planche 9 Issued from : H.Y. Soh, S.Y. Moon, E.O. Park & B.A.V. Maran in J. Crustacean Biol., 2013, 33 (5). [p.727, Table 1].
Comparison of morphological features between A. forticrusa and its congeners A. southwelli and A. sarojus