Trachysalambria palaestinensis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Dendrobranchiata |
Family: | Penaeidae |
Genus: | Trachysalambria |
Species: | T. palaestinensis |
Binomial name | |
Trachysalambria palaestinensis (Steinitz, 1932) [1] | |
Synonyms | |
Metapenaeus palaestinensis Steinitz, 1932 |
Trachysalambria palaestinensis is a species of prawn in the family Penaeidae which are distributed from the Bay of Haifa in northern Israel through the Suez Canal and into the Persian Gulf. [2] [3] They have been observed as far west in the Mediterranean Sea as Sicily. [4]