{{Short description|Genus of crustaceans}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon = Melicertus | authority = Rafinesque, 1814 | type_species = ''Melicertus tigrinus'' as a synonym of ''Melicertus kerathurus'' | type_species_authority = Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1814 }}
'''''Melicertus''''' is a genus of "king" prawns, comprising eight species which were previously classified as members of the genus ''Penaeus'':<ref>{{cite web |author=Michael Türkay |year=2009 |title=''Melicertus'' Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1814 |publisher=World Register of Marine Species |url=http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106816 |access-date=March 26, 2010}}</ref><ref name = SLB>{{cite web | url = http://www.sealifebase.org/nomenclature/SpeciesList.php?genus=Melicertus | title = Species under ''Melicertus''| access-date = 2 January 2017 | publisher = Sea Life Base}}</ref> *''Melicertus canaliculatus'' <small>(Olivier, 1811)</small> - witch prawn *''Melicertus hathor'' <small>(Burkenroad, 1959)</small> *''Melicertus kerathurus'' <small>(Forskål, 1775)</small> - caramote prawn, striped prawn *''Melicertus latisulcatus'' <small>(Kishinouye, 1896)</small> - western king prawn (Australia)<ref>{{cite web | title=Western King Prawn 2018 | website=fish.gov.au|publisher=Fisheries Research and Development Corporation| date=20 June 2018 | url=https://fish.gov.au/report/171-Western-King-Prawn-2018 | access-date=23 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite report|url=https://www.pir.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/231981/Spencer_Gulf_Prawn_Penaeus_Melicertus_latisulcatus_Fishery_2008_09_-_Fishery_Assessment_Report_to_PIRSA_Fisheries.pdf|title=Spencer Gulf Prawn Penaeus (Melicertus) latisulcatus Fishery 2008/09: Fishery Assessment Report to PIRSA Fisheries |first1=C.D.|last1= Dixon|first2= G.E. |last2=Hooper |first3= S.D. |last3=Roberts |series=SARDI Publication No. F2007/000770-4; SARDI Research Report Series No. 511|date=November 2010|access-date=23 November 2020}}</ref> *''Melicertus longistylus'' <small>(Kubo, 1943)</small> - redspot king prawn *''Melicertus marginatus'' <small>(Randall, 1840)</small> - aloha prawn *''Melicertus plebejus'' <small>(Hess, 1865)</small> - eastern king prawn *''Melicertus similis'' <small>Chanda & Bhattacharya, 2002</small>
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Category:Penaeidae Category:Crustaceans of Australia Category:Crustacean genera Category:Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque
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