Melicertus

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Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Crustacea Suborder Dendrobranchiata Scientific name Melicertus Rank Genus		Phylum Arthropoda Order Decapoda Family Penaeidae Higher classification Penaeidae

Similar Penaeidae, Melicertus latisulcatus, Crustacean, Caramote prawn, Decapoda

How to peel an australian eastern king prawn penaeus melicertus plebejus

Melicertus is a genus of "king" prawns, comprising eight species which were previously classified as members of the genus Penaeus:

Melicertus canaliculatus (Olivier, 1811) - witch prawn

Melicertus hathor (Burkenroad, 1959)

Melicertus kerathurus (Forskål, 1775) - caramote prawn, striped prawn

Melicertus latisulcatus (Kishinouye, 1896) - western king prawn

Melicertus longistylus (Kubo, 1943) - redspot king prawn

Melicertus marginatus (Randall, 1840) - aloha prawn

Melicertus plebejus (Hess, 1865) - eastern king prawn

Melicertus similis Chanda & Bhattacharya, 2002

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