''Melicertus'' is a genus of "king"
prawns
Prawn is a common name for small aquatic crustaceans with an exoskeleton and ten legs (members of the order of decapods), some of which are edible.
The term ''prawn''Mortenson, Philip B (2010''This is not a weasel: a close look at nature's most ...
, comprising eight species which were previously classified as members of the genus ''
Penaeus
''Penaeus'' is a genus of prawns, including the giant tiger prawn (''P. monodon''), the most important species of farmed crustacean worldwide. Taxonomy
The genus has been reorganised following a proposition of Pérez Farfante and Kensley bas ...
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Melicertus canaliculatus''
(Olivier, 1811) - witch prawn
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Melicertus hathor''
(Burkenroad, 1959)
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Melicertus kerathurus
''Melicertus kerathurus'', the striped prawn or caramote prawn is a species of tiger prawn from the family Penaeidae which occurs in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea which is an important species in commercial fisheries. It is the type ...
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(Forskål, 1775) - caramote prawn, striped prawn
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Melicertus latisulcatus''
(Kishinouye, 1896) - western king prawn (Australia)
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Melicertus longistylus''
(Kubo, 1943) - redspot king prawn
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Melicertus marginatus''
(Randall, 1840) - aloha prawn
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Melicertus plebejus''
(Hess, 1865) - eastern king prawn
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Melicertus similis''
Chanda & Bhattacharya, 2002
References
Penaeidae
Crustaceans of Australia
Crustacean genera
Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque
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