Species Penaeus (Oleopenaeus) latisulcatus Kishinouye, 1896

Museums

Regional Maps

• Penaeus latisulcatus Kishinouye, K. 1896. Note on a Japanese Penaeus and its classification. Zoological Magazine, Tokyo 8: 372 [372].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, Kagoshima, Tokyo Bay, 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 [217].

 

Generic Combinations

• Penaeus (Oleopenaeus) latisulcatus (Kishinouye, 1896).
• Melicertus latisulcatus (Kishinouye, 1896). —
  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 Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 175: 1-233

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific Oceans (East Africa to Korea, Japan, Indo-Malaysia, southern New Guinea).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, pelagic.

Trade

commercially important in SA and WA

Extra Ecological Information

Trawled over hard substrates, sand, sandy mud or gravel, depths of 0–90 m, juveniles can occupy nursery areas in shallow waters of high salinity.

 

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. [56] (colour photograph)

Hale, H.M. 1927. The Crustaceans of South Australia. Eumalacostraca. Adelaide : Government Printer Vol. 1 201 pp., 202 figs. (illustration and description)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023	PENAEIDAE Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1815	28-Jul-2023	MODIFIED
08-Nov-2011		08-Nov-2011	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)