Penaeus japonicus

Scientific Name:-

Penaeus japonicus

Common Name:-

Kuruma prawn / Japanese king prawn

Malayalam Name:-

Kuruma konchu

Category:-

Prawns

Status:-

Not evaluated

Description:-

Body pale, bearing uninterrupted brown transverse bands; walking legs and pleopods are pale yellow proximally and blue distally; uropods are distally striped with yellow and blue, setal fringe red. The rostrum has 7-11 teeth on upper margin and a single tooth on the lower margin. The carapace bears gastrofrontal, hepatic crests; the post-rostral crest is medially grooved. Abdominal segments are 4-6 keeled; sixth abdominal segment bear three lateral scars. The telson has a pointed tip and 3 pairs of movable distal spines. First three pairs of walking legs are chelate.

Threats:-

Not recorded

Remark:-

Found along east and west coast of India (Radhakrishnan et al. 2012).

Habitat:-

Bottom sandy mud and sand. Depth up to 90 m

Synonyms:-

Marsupenaeus japonicus (Spence Bate, 1888)
Penaeus canaliculatus japonicus Spence Bate, 1888
Penaeus pulchricaudatus Stebbing, 1914

References:-

Fransen, C.; De Grave, S. (2014). Penaeus japonicus Spence Bate, 1888. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=210371 on 2015-03-10
Radhakrishnan, E. V.. V. D. Deshmukh, G. Maheswarudu, Jose Josileen, A. P., Dineshbabu, K. K. Philipose, P. T. Sarada, S. Lakshmi Pillai, K. N. Saleela, Rekhadevi Chakraborty, Gyanaranjan Dash, C.K. Sajeev, P. Thirumilu, B. Sridhara, Y Muniyappa, A.D.Sawant, Narayan G Vaidya, R. Dias Johny, J. B. Verma, P.K.Baby, C. Unnikrishnan, N. P. Ramachandran, A. Vairamani, A. Palanichamy, M. Radhakrishnan and B. Raju. (2012). Prawn fauna (Crustacea: Decapoda) of India - An annotated checklist of the Penaeoid, Sergestoid, Stenopodid and Caridean prawns. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. India, 54 (1): 50-72.

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