Species Palaemon intermedius (Stimpson, 1860)
Striped Prawn (Aust), Striped River Prawn (Fao)
- Leander intermedius Stimpson, W. 1860. Crustacea Macrura. Pars VIII of Prodromus descriptionis animalium evertebratorum, quae in Expeditione ad Oceanum Pacificum Septentrionalem, a Republica Federata missa, Cadwaladaro Ringgold et Johanne Rodgers Ducibus, observavit et descripsit. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 12: 22-47 [41].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown (museum not determined), Port Jackson, NSW.
Generic Combinations
- Palaemon intermedius (Stimpson, 1860).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific Oceans.
IMCRA
Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)
Ecological Descriptors
Estuary, gregarious, littoral, sublittoral.
Extra Ecological Information
Usually among seagrass and algae, depth to 17 m.
General References
Boulton, A.J. & Knott, B. 1984. Morphological and Electrophoretic Studies of the Palaemonidae (Crustacea) of the Perth Region, Western Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 35(6): 769-784 (considered it unlikely that this species belongs in Macrobrachium)
Hale, H.M. 1927. The Crustaceans of South Australia. Eumalacostraca. Adelaide : Government Printer Vol. 1 201 pp., 202 figs. (illustration and description)
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 [93]
Walker, T. & Poore, G. 2003. Rediagnosis of Palaemon and differentiation of southern Australian species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 60: 243-256 [247]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 22-Jul-2013 | 12-Dec-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 04-Jan-2012 | 04-Jan-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |