Marine Species Traits - Penaeus (Fenneropenaeus) merguiensis De Man, 1888

WoRMS taxon details

Penaeus (Fenneropenaeus) merguiensis De Man, 1888

Penaeus merguiensis

AphiaID

1809204 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1809204)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Penaeus (Fenneropenaeus) Pérez Farfante, 1969

Original name

Penaeus merguiensis De Man, 1888

Synonymised names

Fenneropenaeus merguiensis (De Man, 1888) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Penaeus merguiensis De Man, 1888 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Penaeus merguiensis De Man, 1888) De Man, J.G. (1887–1888). Report on the podophthalmous Crustacea of the Mergui Archipelago, collected for the Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, by Dr. John Anderson F.R.S., Superintendent of the Museum. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society, London (Zoology).</em> 22: 1–312, pls. 1–19 [1887: 1–128; 1888: 129–312]. [details]

Taxonomic citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Penaeus (Fenneropenaeus) merguiensis De Man, 1888. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1809204 on 2025-05-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2025-04-26 13:17:14Z

created

De Grave, Sammy

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Penaeus merguiensis De Man, 1888) De Man, J.G. (1887–1888). Report on the podophthalmous Crustacea of the Mergui Archipelago, collected for the Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, by Dr. John Anderson F.R.S., Superintendent of the Museum. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society, London (Zoology).</em> 22: 1–312, pls. 1–19 [1887: 1–128; 1888: 129–312]. [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Language	Name
English	banana shrimp [from synonym]banana prawn [from synonym]	[details]
German	Bananen-Garnele [from synonym]	[details]

To Barcode of Life (29 barcodes) (from synonym Fenneropenaeus merguiensis (De Man, 1888))
To Barcode of Life (82 barcodes) (from synonym Penaeus merguiensis De Man, 1888)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Fenneropenaeus merguiensis (De Man, 1888))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Penaeus merguiensis De Man, 1888)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Penaeus merguiensis) (from synonym Penaeus merguiensis De Man, 1888)
To FAO Species fact sheets (from synonym Penaeus merguiensis De Man, 1888)
To GenBank (455 nucleotides; 325 proteins) (from synonym Penaeus merguiensis De Man, 1888)
To GenBank (455 nucleotides; 325 proteins) (from synonym Fenneropenaeus merguiensis (De Man, 1888))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (46 records) (from synonym Fenneropenaeus merguiensis (De Man, 1888))

From editor or global species database

Penaeus merguiensis

Image from synonym