Species Kishinouyepenaeopsis cornuta (Kishinouye, 1900)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Penaeus cornutus Kishinouye, K. 1900. Japanese species of the genus Penaeus. Journal of the Imperial Fisheries Bureau, Tokyo 8: 1-34 [23].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, Ariake-wan, Kyushu, Japan.

  Secondary source:

   Sakai, K. & Shinomiya, S. 2011. Preliminary report on eight new genera formerly attributed to Parapenaeopsis Alcock, 1901, sensu lato (Decapoda, Penaeidae). Crustaceana 84(4): 491-504 [499].

 

Generic Combinations

• Parapenaeopsis cornuta (Kisinouye, 1900).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Exmouth Gulf, WA, to N NSW, Indo-west Pacific Oceans (W India to Japan, Philippines, Indonesia and southern New Guinea).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, estuary, pelagic.

Trade

minor commercial importance

Extra Ecological Information

Trawled over mud to sandy mud substrates, very shallow, inshore waters, often abundant in river mouths and estuaries, depth 1–37 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. [112] (colour photograph)

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 [98]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
24-Apr-2012		16-Sep-2011	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)