HKRMS taxon details
Penaeus marginatus Randall, 1840
210376 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:210376)
accepted
Species
Melicertus marginatus (Randall, 1840) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Randall, J.W. (1840). Catalogue of the Crustacea brought by Thomas Nutall and J.K. Townsend, from the West Coast of North America and the Sandwich Islands, with descriptions of such species as are apparently new, among which are included several species of different localities, previously existing in the collection of the Academy. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences at Philadelphia.</em> 8: 106-147, pls. 3-7. [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Penaeus marginatus Randall, 1840. Accessed through: Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2025) Hong Kong Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=210376 on 2025-04-04
Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2025). Hong Kong Register of Marine Species. Penaeus marginatus Randall, 1840. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=210376 on 2025-04-04
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original description
Randall, J.W. (1840). Catalogue of the Crustacea brought by Thomas Nutall and J.K. Townsend, from the West Coast of North America and the Sandwich Islands, with descriptions of such species as are apparently new, among which are included several species of different localities, previously existing in the collection of the Academy. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences at Philadelphia.</em> 8: 106-147, pls. 3-7. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Champion, H.F.B. (1973). New records of penaeid prawns from the east coast of southern Africa with notes on <i>Penaeus marginatus</i> Randall and a new species of <i>Metapenaeopsis</i>. <em>Crustaceana.</em> 25(2): 181-203. (look up in IMIS) [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]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Champion, H.F.B. (1973). New records of penaeid prawns from the east coast of southern Africa with notes on <i>Penaeus marginatus</i> Randall and a new species of <i>Metapenaeopsis</i>. <em>Crustaceana.</em> 25(2): 181-203. (look up in IMIS) [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
To Barcode of Life
To Barcode of Life (from synonym Melicertus marginatus (Randall, 1840))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Melicertus marginatus (Randall, 1840))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Melicertus marginatus (Randall, 1840))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Penaeus marginatus)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 10 proteins)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 10 proteins) (from synonym Melicertus marginatus (Randall, 1840))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (51 records) (from synonym Melicertus marginatus (Randall, 1840))
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (from synonym Melicertus marginatus (Randall, 1840))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Melicertus marginatus (Randall, 1840))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Melicertus marginatus (Randall, 1840))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Penaeus marginatus)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 10 proteins)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 10 proteins) (from synonym Melicertus marginatus (Randall, 1840))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (51 records) (from synonym Melicertus marginatus (Randall, 1840))
To ITIS