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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	28 711093 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Penaeus japonicus   Spence Bate, 1888
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.) Family: 28 711 Penaeidae (penaeid prawns) - show full list Common Name: Kuruma Prawn Common Names List: kuruma prawn Organism Type: a penaeid prawn Synonyms: Penaeus (Marsupenaeus) japonicus Marsupenaeus japonicus Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Special purpose listing - see taxon notes Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 28 711912     Penaeus spp.

Taxon Notes:	This species from the South China Sea and East China Sea, has previously been confused with P. pulchricaudatus in SE Asia, Australia, the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. See Tsoi et al, 2014. FAO code KUP (part).
Identifiers:	ITIS 95628 View at ITIS WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:210371 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-05-12 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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Record source:	Tsoi, K.H., Ma, K.Y., Wu, T.H., Fennessy, S.T., Chu, K.H., Chan, T.Y., 2014. Verification of the cryptic species Penaeus pulchricaudatus in the commercially important kuruma shrimp P. japonicus (Decapoda: Penaeidae) using molecular taxonomy., Invertebrate Systematics, Vol. 28: 476-490.
Scientific Name verified against:	WoRMS, WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species. . Available from http: www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.