Penaeidae

species of crustacean

Penaeidae is a family of marine crustaceans in the suborder Dendrobranchiata, which are often referred to as penaeid shrimp or penaeid prawns. The Penaeidae contain many species of economic importance, such as the tiger prawn, whiteleg shrimp, Atlantic white shrimp, and Indian prawn. Many prawns are the subject of commercial fishery, and farming, both in marine settings, and in freshwater farms. Lateral line–like sense organs on the antennae have been reported in some species of Penaeidae. At , the myelinated giant interneurons of pelagic penaeid shrimp have the world record for impulse conduc

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Penaeus is a genus of prawns, including the giant tiger prawn (P. monodon), the most important species of farmed crustacean worldwide. ==Taxonomy== The genus has been reorganised following a proposition of Pérez Farfante and Kensley based on morphological differences, in particular the genital characteristics of these animals, although this revision has not been universally accepted. Following the revision, many species formerly in the genus Penaeus (members of which are listed to the right) have been reassigned to new genera in the family Penaeidae: Farfantepenaeus, Fenneropenaeus, Litopenae

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species of crustacean

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Metapenaeus is a genus of prawns, containing the following species:

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Litopenaeus is a genus of prawns, formerly included in the genus Penaeus. It contains five species:

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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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Melicertus is a genus of "king" prawns, comprising eight species which were previously classified as members of the genus Penaeus:

Farfantepenaeus is a genus of prawns in the family Penaeidae. Its eight species were formerly included in the genus Penaeus. It was first published as a genus name in 1972 by Rudolf N. Burukovsky, but without the necessary designation of a type species. That situation was corrected by the same author in 1997. The name Farfantepenaeus commemorates the Cuban carcinologist Isabel Pérez Farfante.

Metapenaeopsis, the velvet shrimps, is a prawn genus in the family Penaeidae. It contains the following species:

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Rimapenaeus is a genus of prawns. It comprises six species, including the "roughneck shrimp", Rimapenaeus constrictus:

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Trachysalambria is a genus of prawns. It was erected in 1934 by Martin Burkenroad, as a subgenus of Trachypenaeus, with T. curvirostris as its type species. That subgenus was elevated to the rank of genus in 1997 by Isabel Pérez Farfante and Brian Kensley. It contains the following species:

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Funchalia is a genus of deep-water prawns of the family Penaeidae. Six species are currently recognised: Funchalia danae Burkenroad, 1940 Funchalia meridionalis (Lenz & Strunck, 1914) Funchalia sagamiensis Fujino, 1975 Funchalia taaningi Burkenroad, 1940 Funchalia villosa (Bouvier, 1905) Funchalia woodwardi Johnson, 1868

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Xiphopenaeus is a genus of prawn in the family Penaeidae. It contains the following species:

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