Please login if you have access to particular applications.
CAAB Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Arthropoda (phylum) » Malacostraca (class) » Decapoda (order) » Penaeidae (family)
| CAAB Code: | 28 711078 |
| Scientific Name and Authority: | Metapenaeus elegans De Man, 1907 |
| CAAB category: | 28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.) | |
| Family: | Penaeidae (penaeid prawns) - show full list | |
| Common Name: | [a penaeid prawn] | |
| Taxon lists: |
Current Australian list:
 Special purpose listing - see taxon notes Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: | |
| Regions: |
Tropical Indo-West Pacific | |
| Habitat: |
Marine unspecified | |
| Parent Codes: |
28 711904
Metapenaeus spp. | |
| Organism Type: | a penaeid prawn |
| Taxon Notes: | This species is native to SE Asia, and is imported into Australia as seafood | ||
Identifiers: |
|
| Record source: | Chan, T. Y., 1998. Shrimps and prawns. In: Carpenter, K. E. Niem, V. H., Editors, FAO species identification field guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific Vol. 2 -: 851-972. F.A.O., Rome |
| 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. |