CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Arthropoda (phylum)  »  Malacostraca (class)  »  Decapoda (order)  »  Penaeidae (family)

CAAB Code: 28 711905 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority:

Penaeus pulchricaudatus, Penaeus esculentus & P. semisulcatus  

Rank: Genus
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: tiger prawns
Common Names List: tiger prawn
Organism Type: a penaeid prawn
Synonyms: Marsupenaeus japonicus
Penaeus japonicus
Penaeus pulchricaudatus
Penaeus esculentus
Penaeus semisulcatus
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Marine unspecified
Previous Codes
(if any):		 00 701900, 701900
Taxon Notes:This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to this level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available. This code replaces previous (interim) CAAB code 00 701900 (FISHLIST 701900).
Scientific Name Notes:Penaeus pulchricaudatus was previously confused with Penaeus japonicus (= Marsupenaeus japonicus).
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Scientific Name
verified against:		 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.
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