Specimen J 16262 Melicertus latisulcatus (Kishinouye, 1896)

• Taxon Name

  Melicertus latisulcatus

• Author and date of publication

  (Kishinouye, 1896)

• Preferred Common name

  Blue-legged King Prawn

• Other Common Names

  Western King Prawn

• Date Identified

  1989

• Identified By

  A Crosnier

• Number Of Specimens

  1

• Sex

  Unknown

• Specimen Nature

  Form: Wet, Medium: ethanol 70%

• Collected By

  Dr Brian J. Smith

• Sampling Method

  dredge

• Date Visited From

  6/09/1967

• Date Visited To

  6/09/1967

• Depth To (m)

  36

• Depth From (m)

  8

• Category

  Natural Sciences

• Scientific Group

  Invertebrate Zoology

• Discipline

  Invertebrates

• Collecting Areas

  Invertebrates

• Type of Item

  Specimen

Taxonomy

• Phylum

  Arthropoda

• Subphylum

  Crustacea

• Superclass

  Multicrustacea

• Class

  Malacostraca

• Subclass

  Eumalacostraca

• Superorder

  Eucarida

• Order

  Decapoda

• Suborder

  Dendrobranchiata

• Superfamily

  Penaeoidea

• Family

  Penaeidae

• Genus

  Melicertus

• Species Name

  latisulcatus