NARMS taxon details
Penaeus (Melicertus) Rafinesque, 1814
584946 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:584946)
accepted
Subgenus
Melicertus tigrinus Rafinesque, 1814 accepted as Penaeus kerathurus (Forskål, 1775) accepted as Penaeus (Melicertus) kerathurus (Forskål, 1775) (type by monotypy)
Melicertus Rafinesque, 1814 · unaccepted > superseded rank
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Melicertus 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] 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Penaeus (Melicertus) Rafinesque, 1814. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=584946 on 2025-05-21
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Penaeus (Melicertus) Rafinesque, 1814. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=584946 on 2025-05-21
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(of Melicertus 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]
