Species Melicertus marginatus (Randall, 1840)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Penaeus (Melicertus) marginatus Randall, J.W. 1840. Catalogue of the Crustacea brought by Thomas Nuttall and J.K. Townsend, from the West Coast of North America and the Sandwich Islands, with descriptions of such species as are apparently new, among which are included several species of different localities, previously existing in the Collection of the Academy. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8(1): 106-147 pls 3-7 [146] [described within the species account of P. canaliculatus (Oliv.)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ANSP many specimens (probable depository institution), Hawai'ian Islands (as Sandwich Islands).

  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 teraoi Kubo, I. 1949. Studies on Penaeids of Japan and its adjacent waters. Journal of the Tokyo College of Fisheries [currently Journal of the Tokyo University of Fisheries] 36(1): 1-467 figs 1-160 [288].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown ♂, Miya, Aiti Prefecture, Japan.
  Paratype(s) ♀ (as allotype); 6♂ 4♀.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Holthuis, L.B. 1980. FAO species catalogue. Vol. 1. Shrimps and prawns of the world. An annotated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries. Exploration du Parc National de l'Upemba. Mission G. F. de Witte 1(125): 1-261 [49]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific Oceans (East Africa and Madagascar to Japan and east to Hawai'i).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, pelagic.

Extra Ecological Information

Trawled over sand to muddy sand substrates, from inshore waters to 300 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. [48] (colour photograph)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
08-Nov-2011		08-Nov-2011	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)