Eastern king prawn
Species of crustacean / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The eastern king prawn is an edible dendrobranch prawn endemic to eastern Australia. Its scientific name is Melicertus plebejus or Penaeus plebejus. It is caught by commercial and recreational fishers for human food.
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Eastern king prawn | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Dendrobranchiata |
Family: | Penaeidae |
Genus: | Melicertus |
Species: | M. plebejus |
Binomial name | |
Melicertus plebejus (Hess, 1865) | |
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