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Melicertus
Sign in to saveMelicertus is a genus of "king" prawns, comprising eight species which were previously classified as members of the genus Penaeus:
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Caramote prawn
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderDecapoda
- FamilyPenaeidae
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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 (Australia) 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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