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Melicertus similis Chanda & Bhattacharya, 2002

387607  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:387607)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Malacostraca (Class)
  7. Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
  8. Eucarida (Superorder)
  9. Decapoda (Order)
  10. Dendrobranchiata (Suborder)
  11. Penaeoidea (Superfamily)
  12. Penaeidae (Family)
  13. Melicertus (Genus)
  14. Melicertus similis (Species)
 unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Chanda, A.; Bhattacharya, T. (2002). <i>Melicertus similis</i>, a new species of prawn, Decapoda: Penaeidae, from India. <em>Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.</em> 99:, 495-498. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Melicertus similis Chanda & Bhattacharya, 2002. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=387607 on 2025-05-01
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2009-04-03 07:35:23Z
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2010-09-09 15:21:07Z
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De Grave, Sammy
2014-05-27 07:24:28Z
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Fransen, Charles
2022-08-31 10:39:32Z
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De Grave, Sammy
2025-04-26 17:05:13Z
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De Grave, Sammy

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Nomenclature

original description Chanda, A.; Bhattacharya, T. (2002). <i>Melicertus similis</i>, a new species of prawn, Decapoda: Penaeidae, from India. <em>Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.</em> 99:, 495-498. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Chan, T.-Y. (2023). New subgeneric names for the most commercially important shrimp genus <i>Penaeus</i> Fabricius, 1798 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Penaeidae). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 1141: 29-40., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1141.97349 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

additional source De Grave, S.; Fransen, C.H.J.M. (2011). Carideorum catalogus: the recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). <em>Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden.</em> 85(9): 195-589. (look up in IMIS) [details] OpenAccess publication

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 

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