WoRMS taxon details
Penaeus (Penaeus) monodon Fabricius, 1798
1809193 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1809193)
accepted
Species
Penaeus bubulus Kubo, 1949 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Penaeus caeruleus Stebbing, 1905 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Penaeus carinatus Dana, 1852 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Penaeus durbani Stebbing, 1917 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Penaeus manilensis Marion de Procé, 1822 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Penaeus monodon Fabricius, 1798 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Penaeus semisulcatus var. exsulcatus Hilgendorf, 1879 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Penaeus monodon Fabricius, 1798) Fabricius, J.C. (1798). Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae. Hafniae: Proft et Storck: 1-572., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25565932 [details]
Neotype (of Penaeus monodon Fabricius, 1798), geounit...
Neotype (of Penaeus monodon Fabricius, 1798), geounit Jakarta Bay [details]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Penaeus (Penaeus) monodon Fabricius, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1809193 on 2025-05-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Penaeus monodon Fabricius, 1798) Fabricius, J.C. (1798). Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae. Hafniae: Proft et Storck: 1-572., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25565932 [details]
original description (of Penaeus bubulus Kubo, 1949) Kubo, I. (1949). Studies on penaeids of Japanese and its adjacent waters. <em>Journal of the Tokyo College of Fisheries.</em> 36: 1-467. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Penaeus caeruleus Stebbing, 1905) Stebbing, T.R.R. (1905). South African Crustacea. Part III. <em>Marine Investigations in South Africa, Cape Town.</em> 4: 21-123, pls. 17-26. [details]
original description (of Penaeus semisulcatus var. exsulcatus Hilgendorf, 1879) Hilgendorf, F. (1879). Die von Hrn. W. Peters in Moçambique gesammelten Crustaceen. <em>Monatsbericht der königlich preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, Sitzung der Physikalisch-mathematische Klasse.</em> 1878: 782-851, pls. 1-4 [imprint 1879]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36097499 [details]
original description (of Penaeus durbani Stebbing, 1917) Stebbing, T. R. R. (1917). The Malacostraca of Durban Bay. <em>Annals of the Durban Museum.</em> 1(4): 435-450, pls. 22-23. [details]
original description (of Penaeus carinatus Dana, 1852) Dana, J. D. (1852). Conspectus crustaceorum, &c. Conspectus of the Crustacea of the exploring expedition under Capt. C. Wilkes, U.S.N. Macroura. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 6: 10-28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1779609 [details]
original description (of Penaeus manilensis Marion de Procé, 1822) Marion de Procé, P.M. (1822). Sur plusieurs espèces nouvelles de poissons et de crustacés observées. <em>Bulletin des Science, par la Société philomatique de Paris.</em> 1822(Livr. September): 129-134. [details]
original description (of Penaeus bubulus Kubo, 1949) Kubo, I. (1949). Studies on penaeids of Japanese and its adjacent waters. <em>Journal of the Tokyo College of Fisheries.</em> 36: 1-467. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Penaeus caeruleus Stebbing, 1905) Stebbing, T.R.R. (1905). South African Crustacea. Part III. <em>Marine Investigations in South Africa, Cape Town.</em> 4: 21-123, pls. 17-26. [details]
original description (of Penaeus semisulcatus var. exsulcatus Hilgendorf, 1879) Hilgendorf, F. (1879). Die von Hrn. W. Peters in Moçambique gesammelten Crustaceen. <em>Monatsbericht der königlich preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, Sitzung der Physikalisch-mathematische Klasse.</em> 1878: 782-851, pls. 1-4 [imprint 1879]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36097499 [details]
original description (of Penaeus durbani Stebbing, 1917) Stebbing, T. R. R. (1917). The Malacostraca of Durban Bay. <em>Annals of the Durban Museum.</em> 1(4): 435-450, pls. 22-23. [details]
original description (of Penaeus carinatus Dana, 1852) Dana, J. D. (1852). Conspectus crustaceorum, &c. Conspectus of the Crustacea of the exploring expedition under Capt. C. Wilkes, U.S.N. Macroura. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 6: 10-28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1779609 [details]
original description (of Penaeus manilensis Marion de Procé, 1822) Marion de Procé, P.M. (1822). Sur plusieurs espèces nouvelles de poissons et de crustacés observées. <em>Bulletin des Science, par la Société philomatique de Paris.</em> 1822(Livr. September): 129-134. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Neotype (of Penaeus monodon Fabricius, 1798), geounit Jakarta Bay [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | grote tijgergarnaal [from synonym] | [details] |
| English | giant tiger prawn [from synonym]black tiger prawn [from synonym]Asian tiger shrimp [from synonym] | [details] |
| French | crevette géante tigrée [from synonym] | [details] |
| German | schwarze Tigergarnele [from synonym]Schiffskielgarnele [from synonym]Bärenschiffskielgarnele [from synonym]Bärengarnele [from synonym] | [details] |
| Japanese | ウシエビ [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (153 barcodes) (from synonym Penaeus monodon Fabricius, 1798)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Penaeus carinatus Dana, 1852)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (61 publications) (from synonym Penaeus monodon Fabricius, 1798)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Penaeus monodon Fabricius, 1798)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Penaeus monodon) (from synonym Penaeus monodon Fabricius, 1798)
To FAO Cultured Aquatic species fact sheets (from synonym Penaeus monodon Fabricius, 1798)
To FAO Species fact sheets (from synonym Penaeus monodon Fabricius, 1798)
To GenBank (214277 nucleotides; 34188 proteins) (from synonym Penaeus monodon Fabricius, 1798)
To GenBank (214277 nucleotides; 34188 proteins) (from synonym Penaeus bubulus Kubo, 1949)
To GenBank (214277 nucleotides; 34188 proteins) (from synonym Penaeus durbani Stebbing, 1917)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ Penaeus monodon) (from synonym Penaeus monodon Fabricius, 1798)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (23 records) (from synonym Penaeus carinatus Dana, 1852)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (25 records) (from synonym Penaeus monodon Fabricius, 1798)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Penaeus carinatus Dana, 1852)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (61 publications) (from synonym Penaeus monodon Fabricius, 1798)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Penaeus monodon Fabricius, 1798)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Penaeus monodon) (from synonym Penaeus monodon Fabricius, 1798)
To FAO Cultured Aquatic species fact sheets (from synonym Penaeus monodon Fabricius, 1798)
To FAO Species fact sheets (from synonym Penaeus monodon Fabricius, 1798)
To GenBank (214277 nucleotides; 34188 proteins) (from synonym Penaeus monodon Fabricius, 1798)
To GenBank (214277 nucleotides; 34188 proteins) (from synonym Penaeus bubulus Kubo, 1949)
To GenBank (214277 nucleotides; 34188 proteins) (from synonym Penaeus durbani Stebbing, 1917)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ Penaeus monodon) (from synonym Penaeus monodon Fabricius, 1798)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (23 records) (from synonym Penaeus carinatus Dana, 1852)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (25 records) (from synonym Penaeus monodon Fabricius, 1798)
