Species Penaeus (Oleopenaeus) latisulcatus Kishinouye, 1896
Blue-legged King Prawn, Western King Prawn (Aust & Fao)
- 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.
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).
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) |
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15-Sep-2023 | PENAEIDAE Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1815 | 28-Jul-2023 | MODIFIED | |
08-Nov-2011 | 08-Nov-2011 | MOVED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |