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CAAB Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Arthropoda (phylum) » Malacostraca (class) » Decapoda (order) » Penaeidae (family)
| CAAB Code: | 28 711908 |
| Scientific Name and Authority: | Melicertus latisulcatus & Melicertus plebejus |
| CAAB category: | 28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.) | |
| Family: | Penaeidae (penaeid prawns) - show full list | |
| Common Name: | King Prawns | |
| Common Names List: | king prawns | |
| Recent Synonyms: | Melicertus latisulcatus Penaeus latisulcatus Melicertus plebejus Penaeus plebejus | |
| Taxon lists: |
Current Australian list:
 Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
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| 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 701919 (FISHLIST 701919). |
| Scientific Name verified against: | Pérez Farfante, I. Kensley, B., 1997. Penaeoid and sergestoid shrimps and prawns of the world. Keys and diagnoses for the families and genera., Mémoires du Musée nationale de l'Histoire naturelle, Paris, Vol. 175: 1-233. |