Decanet name details
Penaeus canaliculatus (Olivier, 1811)
210380 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:210380)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Melicertus canaliculatus (Olivier, 1811) · unaccepted
Palaemon canaliculatus Olivier, 1811 · unaccepted > superseded combination
- Variety Penaeus canaliculatus var. australiensis Spence Bate, 1888 accepted as Penaeus plebejus Hess, 1865 accepted as Penaeus (Oleopenaeus) plebejus Hess, 1865 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Penaeus canaliculatus var. japonicus Spence Bate, 1888 accepted as Penaeus japonicus Spence Bate, 1888 accepted as Penaeus (Marsupenaeus) japonicus Spence Bate, 1888 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Palaemon canaliculatus Olivier, 1811) Olivier, A.G. (1811). Suite de l'Introduction à l'Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Palèmon. In: Olivier, A.G., Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire Naturelle. Insectes, volume 8: 656-670. H. Agasse, Imprimeur-Libraire, Paris. [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Penaeus canaliculatus (Olivier, 1811). Accessed at: https://www.decanet.info/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=210380 on 2025-09-12
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(of Palaemon canaliculatus Olivier, 1811) Olivier, A.G. (1811). Suite de l'Introduction à l'Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Palèmon. In: Olivier, A.G., Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire Naturelle. Insectes, volume 8: 656-670. H. Agasse, Imprimeur-Libraire, Paris. [details]
basis of record Fischer, W.; Bianchi, G. (1984). FAO Species identification sheets For Fisheries Purposes: Western Indian Ocean. <em>FAO, Rome.</em> [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 Pérez Farfante, I. (1976). A redescription of Penaeus (Melicertus) canaliculatus (Olivier, 1811), a wide ranging Indo-West Pacific shrimp (Crustacea, Decapoda, Penaeidae). <em>Zoologische Mededelingen.</em> 50: 23-37., available online at http://repository.naturalis.nl/record/318531 [details]
basis of record Fischer, W.; Bianchi, G. (1984). FAO Species identification sheets For Fisheries Purposes: Western Indian Ocean. <em>FAO, Rome.</em> [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 Pérez Farfante, I. (1976). A redescription of Penaeus (Melicertus) canaliculatus (Olivier, 1811), a wide ranging Indo-West Pacific shrimp (Crustacea, Decapoda, Penaeidae). <em>Zoologische Mededelingen.</em> 50: 23-37., available online at http://repository.naturalis.nl/record/318531 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Remark Many of the pre-1976 records for this species may actually refer to other, more or less releated species (eg Penaeus japonicus <168>. Alcock (1906) and Stebbing's (1914) records pertain to P. japonicus (Bernard 1950 <91>). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | witch shrimpwitch prawnstriped prawn | [details] |
| German | Hexengarnele | [details] |
| Japanese | ミナミクルマエビ | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Melicertus canaliculatus (Olivier, 1811))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Palaemon canaliculatus Olivier, 1811)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (46 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Melicertus canaliculatus (Olivier, 1811))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Penaeus canaliculatus)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 11 proteins) (from synonym Melicertus canaliculatus (Olivier, 1811))
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 11 proteins) (from synonym Palaemon canaliculatus Olivier, 1811)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (16 records) (from synonym Melicertus canaliculatus (Olivier, 1811))
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Palaemon canaliculatus Olivier, 1811)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (46 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Melicertus canaliculatus (Olivier, 1811))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Penaeus canaliculatus)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 11 proteins) (from synonym Melicertus canaliculatus (Olivier, 1811))
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 11 proteins) (from synonym Palaemon canaliculatus Olivier, 1811)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (16 records) (from synonym Melicertus canaliculatus (Olivier, 1811))
To ITIS