Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Dendrobranchiata - Penaeidae - Melicertus

Melicertus canaliculatus (Olivier, 1811)


Selected Reference(s)
Penaeus canaliculatus. - Heller, C., 1865: 121. - French Polynesia
Melicertus canaliculatus. - Poupin, J., 1998: 4. - French Polynesia

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Society (Tahiti) - Marine; Shoreline to 10 m; Soft bottom (sand).

Regional Records: Penaeus canaliculatus - Heller, 1865: 121 (Tahiti). - Penaeus (Melicertus) canaliculatus - Holthuis, 1980: 47 (Catalogue). - Melicertus canaliculatus - Pérez Farfante & Kensley, 1997: 101 (New combinaison). - Poupin, 1998: 4 (Checklist).

References : compilation of references cited in Poupin (1996, 1998, 2003) and Poupin et al. (2009) - PDF 412 Ko
Since November 2012, this database is updated in CRUSTA database - http://crustiesfroverseas.free.fr/