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Penaeus japonicus (camarón kuruma; crevette kuruma; kuruma prawn; kuruma shrimp)

Synonyms: Marsupenaeus japonicus; Penaeus canaliculatus japonicus; Penaeus canaliculatus var. japonicus

Wikipedia Abstract

Marsupenaeus japonicus, known as the kuruma shrimp, kuruma prawn, or Japanese tiger prawn, is a species of 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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Predators

Argyrosomus japonicus (jaapanese croaker)[1]
Triakis scyllium (Banded houndshark)[1]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Pseudobacciger harengulae[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0