Specimen J 44685.9 Penaeus esculentus Haswell, 1879

• Taxon Name

  Penaeus esculentus

• Author and date of publication

  Haswell, 1879

• Preferred Common name

  Tiger Prawn

• Other Common Names

  Brown Tiger Prawn, Common Tiger Prawn

• Date Identified

  1997

• Identified By

  Elycia J. Wallis - Museum Victoria

• Number Of Specimens

  1

• Sex

  Unknown

• Specimen Nature

  Form: Dry, Fixative treatment: painted; Form: Dry

• 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

  Penaeus

• Species Name

  esculentus