CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

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).

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.