Species Melicertus plebejus (Hess, 1865)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Penaeus plebejus Hess, W. 1865. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Decapoden-Krebse Ost-Australiens. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 31: 127-173 pls 6-7 [168].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) RMNH D1127 1 specimen, Sydney, NSW; ZMG 8 & 9 2 specimens (now housed in SMF), Sydney, NSW.

  Secondary source:

   De Grave, S. & Fransen, C.H.J.M. 2011. Carideorum Catalogus: The recent species of the Dendrobrachiate, Stenopodidean, Procarididean and Caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 85(9): 195-589, figs 1-59 [217].
• Penaeus canaliculatus australiensis Spence Bate, C. 1888. Report on the Crustacea Macrura collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 24: 1-942, i-xc figs 1-76 pls 1-150 [248 pl. 32 fig. 3].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, Port Jackson, NSW.
• Penaeus maccullochi Schmitt, W.L. 1926. Report on the Crustacea Macrura (Families Penaeidae, Campylonotidae and Pandalidae) obtained by the F.I.S. "Endeavour" in Australian seas. With notes on the species of "Penaeus" described by Haswell and contained, in part, in the collections of the Macleay Museum, at the University of Sydney. Zoological (and Biological) Results of the Fishing Experiments carried on by F.I.S. Endeavour 1909-1914 5(6): 2 page Corrigenda et Addenda, 311-381 pls 57-68 [corrigenda et addenda unnumbered] [370 pl. 66 figs 1-3].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM E6619 ♂, 21 km NE of North Reef, QLD.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Dall, W. 1957. A revision of the Australian species of Penaeinae (Crustacea Decapoda: Penaeidae). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 8(2): 136-230 figs 1-29 [147]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Adults: marine.

Juveniles: estuary.

Benthic, pelagic.

Extra Ecological Information

Trawled over sandy substrates, depth 2–220 m.

 

General References

Grey, D.L., Dall, W. & Baker, A. 1983. A Guide to the Australian Penaeid Prawns. Darwin : Northern Territory Government Printing Office 140 pp. 51 colour pls. [52] (colour photograph)

Kirkegaard, I. & Walker, R.H. 1970. Synopsis of biological data on the eastern king prawn Penaeus plebejus Hess, 1865. Australian CSIRO Divivision of Fisheries and Oceanography Fisheries Synopsis 7: 1-22

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Dec-2019	DECAPODA Latreille, 1802	31-Jul-2018	MODIFIED	Dr Shane Ahyong
08-Nov-2011		08-Nov-2011	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)