WoRMS taxon details
Penaeus (Oleopenaeus) latisulcatus Kishinouye, 1896
1809242 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1809242)
accepted
Species
Melicertus latisulcatus (Kishinouye, 1896) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Penaeus latisulcatus Kishinouye, 1896 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Penaeus latisulcatus latisulcatus Kishinouye, 1896 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Penaeus latisulcatus Kishinouye, 1896) Kishinouye, K. (1896). Note on a Japanese <i>Penaeus</i> and its classification [in Japanese]. <em>Zoological Magazine (Dobutsugaku Zasshi).</em> 8: 372-374. [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2026). DecaNet. Penaeus (Oleopenaeus) latisulcatus Kishinouye, 1896. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1809242 on 2026-03-12
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Penaeus latisulcatus Kishinouye, 1896) Kishinouye, K. (1896). Note on a Japanese <i>Penaeus</i> and its classification [in Japanese]. <em>Zoological Magazine (Dobutsugaku Zasshi).</em> 8: 372-374. [details]
new combination reference 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]
new combination reference 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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | western king prawn [from synonym] | [details] |
| German | Westliche Königsgarnele [from synonym] | [details] |
| Japanese | フトミゾエビ（シンチュウエビ） [from synonym]フトミゾエビ [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes) (from synonym Penaeus latisulcatus Kishinouye, 1896)
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes) (from synonym Melicertus latisulcatus (Kishinouye, 1896))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Melicertus latisulcatus (Kishinouye, 1896))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Penaeus latisulcatus Kishinouye, 1896)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Penaeus latisulcatus Kishinouye, 1896)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Melicertus latisulcatus (Kishinouye, 1896))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Penaeus latisulcatus) (from synonym Penaeus latisulcatus Kishinouye, 1896)
To GenBank (67 nucleotides; 62 proteins) (from synonym Penaeus latisulcatus Kishinouye, 1896)
To GenBank (67 nucleotides; 62 proteins) (from synonym Melicertus latisulcatus (Kishinouye, 1896))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (33 records) (from synonym Melicertus latisulcatus (Kishinouye, 1896))
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes) (from synonym Melicertus latisulcatus (Kishinouye, 1896))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Melicertus latisulcatus (Kishinouye, 1896))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Penaeus latisulcatus Kishinouye, 1896)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Penaeus latisulcatus Kishinouye, 1896)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Melicertus latisulcatus (Kishinouye, 1896))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Penaeus latisulcatus) (from synonym Penaeus latisulcatus Kishinouye, 1896)
To GenBank (67 nucleotides; 62 proteins) (from synonym Penaeus latisulcatus Kishinouye, 1896)
To GenBank (67 nucleotides; 62 proteins) (from synonym Melicertus latisulcatus (Kishinouye, 1896))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (33 records) (from synonym Melicertus latisulcatus (Kishinouye, 1896))
