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CAAB Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Arthropoda (phylum) » Malacostraca (class) » Decapoda (order) » Penaeidae (family)
| CAAB Code: | 28 711905 |
| Scientific Name and Authority: | Penaeus pulchricaudatus, Penaeus esculentus & P. semisulcatus |
| CAAB category: | 28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.) | |
| Family: | Penaeidae (penaeid prawns) - show full list | |
| Common Name: | tiger prawns | |
| Common Names List: | tiger prawn | |
| Recent 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 | |
| Organism Type: | a penaeid prawn |
| 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). |
| 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. |