MSBIAS taxon details
Penaeus (Melicertus) kerathurus (Forskål, 1775)
1809195 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1809195)
accepted
Species
Melicertus kerathurus (Forskål, 1775) · unaccepted > superseded combination
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 superseded combination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. (2026). DecaNet. Penaeus (Melicertus) kerathurus (Forskål, 1775). Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1809195 on 2026-08-06
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Penaeus (Melicertus) kerathurus (Forskål, 1775). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1809195 on 2026-08-06
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(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]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | triplegrooved shrimp [from synonym]tiger shrimp [from synonym]striped shrimp [from synonym]prawn [from synonym]camarote prawn [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 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 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 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 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 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 USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (45 records) (from synonym Melicertus kerathurus (Forskål, 1775))
