Japanese tiger prawn
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| phylum | Arthropoda | 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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| subphylum | Crustacea | |
| class | Malacostraca | |
| order | Decapoda | |
| suborder | Dendrobranchiata | |
| family | Penaeidae | |
| genus | Marsupenaeus | |
| species | M. japonicus |
