Species Penaeus monodon

Rao, G Sudhakara (2013) Species Penaeus monodon. In: Handbook of Marine Prawns of India. Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi, pp. 267-282.

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Abstract

The Indian Tiger prawn Penaeus monodon Fabricius 1798 is the largest species among the penaeids and is commonly known as “Jumbo Tiger Prawn” in the Indo-Pacific region. The identity of this species was the subject matter of protracted discussions among carcinologists for over a century. For a long time, there was confusion in the identification of this species from the closely related Penaeus semisulcatus de Haan. The designation of a neotype in place of the lost original type of Fabricius by Holthuis (1949) has finally resolved the century-long confusion of this species with P. semisulcatus de Haan.

Item Type: Book Section
Uncontrolled Keywords: Penaeus monodon; prawn fisheries
Subjects: Crustacean Fisheries > Prawn and Prawn fisheries
Divisions: CMFRI-Visakhapatnam
Depositing User: Arun Surendran
Date Deposited: 16 Jul 2013 08:36
Last Modified: 09 Sep 2015 15:55
URI: http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/9401

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