Decanet name details
Melicertus kerathurus (Forskål, 1775)
107104 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107104)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Ephyra punctulatus (Risso, 1822) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Penaeus caramote (Risso, 1816) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Cancer kerathurus Forskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059 [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Melicertus kerathurus (Forskål, 1775). Accessed at: https://www.decanet.info/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=107104 on 2025-09-12
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(of Cancer kerathurus Forskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059 [details]
basis of record Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Pérez Farfante, I.; Kensley, B. (1997). Penaeoid and sergestoid shrimps and prawns of the world. Keys and diagnoses for the families and genera. <em>Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 175: 1-233. [details] Available for editors
additional source De Grave, S.; Fransen, C.H.J.M. (2011). Carideorum catalogus: the recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). <em>Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden.</em> 85(9): 195-589. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Pérez Farfante, I.; Kensley, B. (1997). Penaeoid and sergestoid shrimps and prawns of the world. Keys and diagnoses for the families and genera. <em>Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 175: 1-233. [details] Available for editors
additional source De Grave, S.; Fransen, C.H.J.M. (2011). Carideorum catalogus: the recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). <em>Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden.</em> 85(9): 195-589. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Catalan | llagostí | [details] |
| English | triplegrooved shrimptiger shrimpstriped shrimpprawncamarote prawn | [details] |
| French | gros ligubamcrevette tigrèecrevette royalecrevette du Maroccamarote | [details] |
| German | rote FurchenkrebseKrabbeFurchenkrebsefurchengarnele | [details] |
| Italian | spannocchiomazzancollagambero imperiale | [details] |
| Japanese | kurumaebi-zoku | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Μαύρη γαρίδα | [details] |
| Portuguese | gamba-manchadacamarao-de-Quarteiracamarao-de-praiacamarao | [details] |
| Russian | tigrovaya krevetka | [details] |
| Spanish | langostino tigre | [details] |
| Wolof | sipakh | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (98 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To GenBank (258 nucleotides; 189 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ Melicertus kerathurus)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ Melicertus kerathurus)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (45 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To GenBank (258 nucleotides; 189 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ Melicertus kerathurus)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ Melicertus kerathurus)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (45 records)
To ITIS
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