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CAAB Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Arthropoda (phylum) » Malacostraca (class) » Decapoda (order) » Penaeidae (family)
CAAB Code: | 28 711049 |
Scientific Name and Authority: | Melicertus marginatus (Randall, 1840) |
CAAB category: | 28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.) | Distribution map: |
Family: | Penaeidae (penaeid prawns) - show full list | |
Common Name: | aloha prawn | |
Common Names List: | aloha prawn | |
Recent Synonyms: | Penaeus marginatus Penaeus (Melicertus) marginatus | |
Taxon lists: |
Current Australian list:
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Regions: |
Australia (inc. subantarctic territories) Tropical Indo-West Pacific Indian Ocean (non coastal) | |
Habitat: |
Marine unspecified | |
Parent Codes: |
28 711925
Melicertus spp. | |
Organism Type: | a penaeid prawn |
Taxon Notes: | This code replaces previous (interim) CAAB code 00 701302 (FISHLIST 701302). | ||||||||
Scientific Name Notes: | Pérez Farfante & Kensley (1997) revised the genus Penaeus, splitting it into several genera, the status of which have been subject to considerable controversy since. We have elected here to maintain this genus with full generic status, following De Grave & Fransen, 2011. At this stage, three names for this species (Penaeus marginatus, Penaeus (Melicertus) marginatus and Melicertus marginatus) will be encountered in the literature, with no real consensus on which is more valid. | ||||||||
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Record source: | Davie, P.J.F., 2002. Crustacea: Malacostraca: Phyllocarida, Hoplocarida, Eucarida (Part 1). In: Wells, A. Houston, W.W.K., Editors, Zoological Catalogue of Australia., 19.3A. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 551pp. |
Scientific Name verified against: | De Grave, S. Fransen, C.H.J.M., 2011. Carideorum Catalogus: The Recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda)., Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden, Vol. 85(9): 195-589. |