Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Penaeus (Melicertus) plebejus

  • Author and date of publication

    Hess, 1865

  • Preferred Common name

    King Prawn

  • Other Common Names

    Eastern King Prawn, Sand Prawn

  • Date Identified

    /05/2011

  • Identified By

    Dr C A. Farrelly - Museum Victoria

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Specimen Nature

    Nature: Whole, Form: Wet, Medium: ethanol 70%

  • Expedition Name

    SLOPE

  • Collected By

    Dr Gary C. Poore - Museum Victoria, et al

  • Collection Event Code

    SLOPE 211

  • Sampling Method

    trawl, beam

  • Date Visited From

    26/05/1994 12:29 PM

  • Date Visited To

    26/05/1994 1:01 PM

  • Depth To (m)

    33.5

  • Depth From (m)

    33.5

  • Category

    Natural Sciences

  • Scientific Group

    Invertebrate Zoology

  • Discipline

    Invertebrates

  • Collecting Areas

    Invertebrates

  • Type of Item

    Specimen

Taxonomy

Geospatial Information

  • Site Code

    SLOPE 211

  • Country

    Australia

  • State

    South Australia

  • Precise Location

    Investigator Strait

  • Latitude

    -35.2967

  • Longitude

    137.628

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84