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Melicertus kerathurus information


Melicertus kerathurus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Dendrobranchiata
Family: Penaeidae
Genus: Melicertus
Species:
M. kerathurus
Binomial name
Melicertus kerathurus
(Forskål, 1775)
Synonyms [1]
  • Alpheus caramote Risso, 1816
  • Alpheus punctulatus Risso, 1822
  • Alpheus trisulcatus Leach, 1814 [in Leach, 1813-1814]
  • Cancer kerathurus Forskål, 1775
  • Penaeus kerathurus (Forskål, 1775)
  • Melicertus tigrinus Rafinesque, 1814
  • Palaemon sulcatus Olivier, 1811
  • Penaeus trisulcatus Leach, 1815 (synonym)
  • Peneus cristatus Risso, 1827
  • Peneus mars Risso, 1816

Melicertus kerathurus, the striped prawn or caramote prawn is a species of tiger prawn from the family Penaeidae which occurs in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea which is an important species in commercial fisheries. It is the type species for the genus Melicertus.

  1. ^ Charles Fransen & Sammy De Grave (2014). "Penaeus kerathurus (Forskål, 1775)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2 January 2016.

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