Species Melicertus canaliculatus (Olivier, 1811)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Palaemon canaliculatus Olivier, A.G. 1811. Palémon. pp. 652-667 in Olivier, A.G. (ed.). Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire Naturelle. Insectes. Paris : H. Agasse Vol. 8 722 pp. [660].

  Type data:

   Neotype RMNH D5829 ♂, Weh Island, N Sumatra.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Pérez Farfante, I. 1976. A redescription of Penaeus (Melicertus) canaliculatus (Olivier, 1811), a wide ranging Indo-west Pacific shrimp (Crustacea, Decapoda, Penaeidae). Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 50(2): 23-37 [25]; Pérez Farfante, I. 1976. A redescription of Penaeus (Melicertus) canaliculatus (Olivier, 1811), a wide ranging Indo-west Pacific shrimp (Crustacea, Decapoda, Penaeidae). Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 50(2): 23-37 [25].

  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].

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

In Australia recorded only from Torres Strait, also Indo-west Pacific Oceans (SE Africa to Taiwan Philippines, southern New Guinea and Polynesia).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

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

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, pelagic.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 33–46 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. [46] (colour photograph)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
08-Nov-2011		08-Nov-2011	MOVED
24-Apr-2012		18-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
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