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Portumnus latipes (Pennant, 1777), author: Nuyttens, Filip

DecaNet (World List of Decapoda)

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Melicertus similis Chanda & Bhattacharya, 2002

387607  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:387607)

 unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Chanda, A.; Bhattacharya, T. (2002). <i>Melicertus similis</i>, a new species of prawn, Decapoda: Penaeidae, from India. <em>Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.</em> 99:, 495-498. [details] Available for editors  PDF available
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Melicertus similis Chanda & Bhattacharya, 2002. Accessed at: https://decanet.info/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=387607 on 2025-09-12
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original description Chanda, A.; Bhattacharya, T. (2002). <i>Melicertus similis</i>, a new species of prawn, Decapoda: Penaeidae, from India. <em>Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.</em> 99:, 495-498. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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] OpenAccess publication

source of synonymy Chan, T.-Y. (2023). New subgeneric names for the most commercially important shrimp genus <i>Penaeus</i> Fabricius, 1798 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Penaeidae). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 1141: 29-40., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1141.97349 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
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