Species Marsupenaeus japonicus (Spence Bate, 1888)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Penaeus canaliculatus japonicus 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 [245 pls 31, 32 fig. 4, 37 fig. 2].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH ♀, Japan.

  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 [216].
• Penaeus pulchricaudatus Stebbing, T.R.R. 1914. South African Crustacea. Part VII. Annals of the South African Museum 15: 1-112 [14].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) SAM A1046, Great Fish Point Lighthouse (Cape Colony), South Africa.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Racek, A.A. & Dall, W. 1965. Littoral Penaeinae (Crustacea Decapoda) from northern Australia, New Guinea and adjacent waters. Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen [Verh. Akad. Amsterdam] 56(3): 1-119 figs 1-16 pls 1-13 [12]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific Oceans (South Africa to Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Philippines, southern New Guinea, Fiji), eastern Mediterranean.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, pelagic.

Extra Ecological Information

Trawled over sandy mud to sand substrates, inshore waters to 90 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. [54] (colour photograph)

 

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
08-Nov-2011		08-Nov-2011	MOVED
08-Nov-2011		08-Nov-2011	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)