Marsupenaeus
Marsupenaeus is a monotypic genus of prawn. It contains a single species, Marsupenaeus japonicus, known as the kuruma shrimp, kuruma prawn, or Japanese tiger prawn. It occurs naturally in bays and seas of the Indo-West Pacific, but has also reached the Mediterranean Sea as a Lessepsian migrant. It is one of the largest species of prawns, and is accordingly one of the most economically important species in the family.
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| Genus: | Marsupenaeus Tirmizi, 1971 |
| Species: | M. japonicus |
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| Marsupenaeus japonicus (Spence Bate, 1888) | |
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