Species Melicertus longistylus (Kubo, 1943)

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• Penaeus (Melicertus) longistylus Kubo, I. 1943. Diagnoses of a new species of the genus Penaeus. Suisan Kenkyusi 38: 18-24 [20].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown 1♂ 1♀, off SE coast of Hainan Is., China.

  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 (Melicertus) jejunus Hall, D.N.F. 1956. The Malayan Penaeidae (Crustacea, Decapoda) Part 1. Introductory notes on the species of the genus Solenocera, Penaeus and Metapenaeus. Bulletin of the Raffles Museum 27: 68-90 [75].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀ (juvenile) (probable depository institution), Malaysia.
• Penaeus (Melicertus) caesius Dall, W. 1957. A revision of the Australian species of Penaeinae (Crustacea Decapoda: Penaeidae). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 8(2): 136-230 figs 1-29 [143 figs 2a-g].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM P12703 ♂, 20 km NNW of Bowen, QLD.
  Paratype(s) AM P5703 ♀; AM P12702 2♀.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Racek, A.A. & Dall, W. 1965. Littoral Penaeinae (Crustacea Decapoda) from northern Australia, New Guinea and adjacent waters. Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen [Verh. Akad. Amsterdam] 56(3): 1-119 figs 1-16 pls 1-13 [13]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Shark Bay, WA, to QLD, and central Indo-west Pacific Oceans (Indonesia, Malaysia, South China Sea, Philippines, southern New Guinea).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Lord Howe Province (14), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), 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

moderate commercial significance

Extra Ecological Information

Trawled over hard substrates near reefs, depth 35–55 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. [50] (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)