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Melicertus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Dendrobranchiata
Family: Penaeidae
Genus: Melicertus
Rafinesque, 1814
Type species
Melicertus tigrinus as a synonym of Melicertus kerathurus
Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1814

Melicertus is a genus of "king" prawns, comprising eight species which were previously classified as members of the genus Penaeus:[1][2]

  • Melicertus canaliculatus (Olivier, 1811) - witch prawn
  • Melicertus hathor (Burkenroad, 1959)
  • Melicertus kerathurus (Forskål, 1775) - caramote prawn, striped prawn
  • Melicertus latisulcatus (Kishinouye, 1896) - western king prawn (Australia)[3][4]
  • Melicertus longistylus (Kubo, 1943) - redspot king prawn
  • Melicertus marginatus (Randall, 1840) - aloha prawn
  • Melicertus plebejus (Hess, 1865) - eastern king prawn
  • Melicertus similis Chanda & Bhattacharya, 2002
  1. ^ Michael Türkay (2009). "Melicertus Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1814". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved March 26, 2010.
  2. ^ "Species under Melicertus". Sea Life Base. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  3. ^ "Western King Prawn 2018". fish.gov.au. Fisheries Research and Development Corporation. 20 June 2018. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  4. ^ Dixon, C.D.; Hooper, G.E.; Roberts, S.D. (November 2010). Spencer Gulf Prawn Penaeus (Melicertus) latisulcatus Fishery 2008/09: Fishery Assessment Report to PIRSA Fisheries (PDF) (Report). SARDI Publication No. F2007/000770-4; SARDI Research Report Series No. 511. Retrieved 23 November 2020.

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Melicertus

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Melicertus is a genus of "king" prawns, comprising eight species which were previously classified as members of the genus Penaeus: Melicertus canaliculatus...

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species in commercial fisheries. It is the type species for the genus Melicertus. Melicertus kerathurus is a large shrimp, which has a body with an amber tint...

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King prawn

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through the Suez Canal, eliminating population of the native species Melicertus kerathurus in those areas. Metapenaeus monoceros is found up to a depth...

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where it seems to be spreading and may threaten stocks of the native Melicertus kerathurus . In the southern coast of Sicily (central Mediterranean Sea)...

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reduction devices in Queensland's (Australia) deepwater eastern king prawn (Melicertus plebejus) trawl fishery". Fisheries Research. 157: 113–123. doi:10.1016/j...

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2016 in arthropod paleontology

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