MSBIAS name details
Penaeus kerathurus (Forskål, 1775)
246388 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:246388)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Melicertus 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 superseded combination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 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=246388 on 2026-08-10
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 kerathurus (Forskål, 1775). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=246388 on 2026-08-10
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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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| 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)
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)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Penaeus kerathurus)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To GenBank (258 nucleotides; 189 proteins)
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
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (45 records) (from synonym Melicertus kerathurus (Forskål, 1775))
To ITIS
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)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Penaeus kerathurus)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To GenBank (258 nucleotides; 189 proteins)
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
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (45 records) (from synonym Melicertus kerathurus (Forskål, 1775))
To ITIS
