ERMS taxon details
Penaeus (Melicertus) kerathurus (Forskål, 1775)
1809195 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1809195)
accepted
Species
Melicertus kerathurus (Forskål, 1775) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Melicertus tigrinus Rafinesque, 1814 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Penaeus kerathurus (Forskål, 1775) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of ) 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. Penaeus (Melicertus) kerathurus (Forskål, 1775). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=1809195 on 2025-05-19
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Penaeus (Melicertus) kerathurus (Forskål, 1775). Accessed at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1809195 on 2025-05-19
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(of Melicertus tigrinus Rafinesque, 1814) Rafinesque, C.S. (1814). Précis des découvertes et travaux somiologiques de Mr. C.S. Rafinesque-Schmaltz entre 1800 et 1814; ou choix raisonné de ses principales découvertes en zoologie et en botanique, pour servir d'introduction à ses ouvrages futurs. [Summary of the discoveries and somiological works of Mr. C.S. Rafinesque-Schmaltz between 1800 and 1814; or reasoned selection of his principal discoveries in zoology and botany, to serve as an introduction to his future works.]. <em>Palerme.</em> :1-55., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/27701 [details]
original description (of ) 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]
original description (of ) 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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Catalan | llagostí [from synonym] | [details] |
| English | triplegrooved shrimp [from synonym]tiger shrimp [from synonym]striped shrimp [from synonym]prawn [from synonym]camarote prawn [from synonym] | [details] |
| French | gros ligubam [from synonym]crevette tigrèe [from synonym]crevette royale [from synonym]crevette du Maroc [from synonym]camarote [from synonym] | [details] |
| German | rote Furchenkrebse [from synonym]Krabbe [from synonym]Furchenkrebse [from synonym]furchengarnele [from synonym] | [details] |
| Italian | spannocchio [from synonym]mazzancolla [from synonym]gambero imperiale [from synonym] | [details] |
| Japanese | kurumaebi-zoku [from synonym] | [details] |
| Portuguese | gamba-manchada [from synonym]camarao-de-Quarteira [from synonym]camarao-de-praia [from synonym]camarao [from synonym] | [details] |
| Russian | tigrovaya krevetka [from synonym] | [details] |
| Spanish | langostino tigre [from synonym] | [details] |
| Wolof | sipakh [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes) (from synonym Penaeus kerathurus (Forskål, 1775))
To Barcode of Life (98 barcodes) (from synonym Melicertus kerathurus (Forskål, 1775))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Melicertus kerathurus (Forskål, 1775))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Penaeus kerathurus (Forskål, 1775))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Melicertus tigrinus Rafinesque, 1814)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Penaeus kerathurus) (from synonym Penaeus kerathurus (Forskål, 1775))
To FAO Species fact sheets (from synonym Penaeus kerathurus (Forskål, 1775))
To GenBank (258 nucleotides; 189 proteins) (from synonym Penaeus kerathurus (Forskål, 1775))
To GenBank (258 nucleotides; 189 proteins) (from synonym Melicertus kerathurus (Forskål, 1775))
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ Melicertus kerathurus) (from synonym Melicertus kerathurus (Forskål, 1775))
To PESI (from synonym Melicertus kerathurus (Forskål, 1775))
To PESI (from synonym Penaeus kerathurus (Forskål, 1775))
To PESI (from synonym Melicertus tigrinus Rafinesque, 1814)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (45 records) (from synonym Melicertus kerathurus (Forskål, 1775))
To Barcode of Life (98 barcodes) (from synonym Melicertus kerathurus (Forskål, 1775))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Melicertus kerathurus (Forskål, 1775))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Penaeus kerathurus (Forskål, 1775))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Melicertus tigrinus Rafinesque, 1814)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Penaeus kerathurus) (from synonym Penaeus kerathurus (Forskål, 1775))
To FAO Species fact sheets (from synonym Penaeus kerathurus (Forskål, 1775))
To GenBank (258 nucleotides; 189 proteins) (from synonym Penaeus kerathurus (Forskål, 1775))
To GenBank (258 nucleotides; 189 proteins) (from synonym Melicertus kerathurus (Forskål, 1775))
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ Melicertus kerathurus) (from synonym Melicertus kerathurus (Forskål, 1775))
To PESI (from synonym Melicertus kerathurus (Forskål, 1775))
To PESI (from synonym Penaeus kerathurus (Forskål, 1775))
To PESI (from synonym Melicertus tigrinus Rafinesque, 1814)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (45 records) (from synonym Melicertus kerathurus (Forskål, 1775))
