Common Names Summary - Acetes vulgaris
Common name of Acetes vulgaris
 
Common Name Jembret shrimp
Language English
Type FAO
Official Trade Name No
Rank 1 - (Legal common name (unique))
Territory UK Great Britain & N. Ireland
Locality
Ref. Chan, T.Y., 1998
Life Stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core morphology
1st Modifier other/n.a.
2nd Modifier
Remarks 'shrimp' from Old Norse 'skorpna', i.e., 'to shrivel up'; 'jembret' from Indonesian 'djembret', i.e., local name employed for a mixture of Acetes species. Also Ref. 8.
Glossary [ e.g. cnidaria]
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