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Penaeus  Fabricius, 1798
Taxonomic Serial No.: 95603

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Farfantepenaeus Burukovsky, 1972
  
    Peneus Weber, 1795
  
    Fenneropenaeus Pérez Farfante, 1969
  
    Marsupenaeus Tirmizi, 1971
  
    Melicertus Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1814
  
    Litopenaeus Pérez Farfante, 1969
  
    Penaeus (Farfantepenaeus) Burukovsky, 1972
  
    Penaeus (Fenneropenaeus) Pérez Farfante, 1969
  
    Penaeus (Litopenaeus) Pérez Farfante, 1969
  
    Penaeus (Marsupenaeus) Tirmizi, 1971
  
    Penaeus (Melicertus) Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1814
  
    Farfantepenaeus Burukovsky, 1997
  
    Penaeus (Farfantepenaeus) Burukovsky, 1997
  
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  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2023   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumCrustacea Brünnich, 1772 – crustacés, crustáceo, crustaceans  
                   SuperclassAltocrustacea   
                      ClassMalacostraca Latreille, 1802  
                         SubclassEumalacostraca Grobben, 1892  
                            SuperorderEucarida Calman, 1904 – camarão, caranguejo, ermitão, lagosta, siri  
                               OrderDecapoda Latreille, 1802 – crabs, crayfishes, lobsters, prawns, shrimp, crabes, crevettes, écrevisses, homards  
                                  SuborderDendrobranchiata Spence Bate, 1888  
                                     SuperfamilyPenaeoidea Rafinesque, 1815 – penaeoid shrimps, crevettes pénaéïdes  
                                        FamilyPenaeidae Rafinesque, 1815 – penaeid shrimps, crevettes pénaéïdes  
                                           GenusPenaeus Fabricius, 1798  
    Direct Children:  
                                              Species Penaeus aztecus Ives, 1891 – brown shrimp, northern brown shrimp 
                                              Species Penaeus brasiliensis Latreille, 1817 – pinkspotted shrimp, redspotted shrimp 
                                              Species Penaeus brevirostris Kingsley, 1878 – crystal shrimp 
                                              Species Penaeus californiensis Holmes, 1900 – yellowleg shrimp 
                                              Species Penaeus canaliculatus (Olivier, 1811) – witch prawn 
                                              Species Penaeus chinensis (Osbeck, 1765) – fleshy prawn 
                                              Species Penaeus duorarum Burkenroad, 1939 – northern pink shrimp, pink shrimp 
                                              Species Penaeus esculentus Haswell, 1879 – brown tiger prawn, camarón tigre marrón, crevette tigrée brune 
                                              Species Penaeus hathor (Burkenroad, 1959)  
                                              Species Penaeus indicus H. Milne Edwards, 1837 – Indian white prawn 
                                              Species Penaeus isabelae (Tavares & Gusmão, 2016)  
                                              Species Penaeus japonicus Spence Bate, 1888 – kuruma prawn 
                                              Species Penaeus kerathurus (Forskål, 1775) – caramote prawn 
                                              Species Penaeus konkani (Chanda & Bhattacharya, 2003)  
                                              Species Penaeus latisulcatus Kishinouye, 1896 – western king prawn 
                                              Species Penaeus longistylus Kubo, 1943 – redspot king prawn 
                                              Species Penaeus marginatus J. W. Randall, 1840 – aloha prawn 
                                              Species Penaeus merguiensis De Man, 1888 – banana prawn 
                                              Species Penaeus monodon Fabricius, 1798 – giant tiger prawn, camarón tigre gigante, crevette géante tigrée 
                                              Species Penaeus notialis Pérez Farfante, 1967 – southern pink shrimp 
                                              Species Penaeus occidentalis Streets, 1871 – western white shrimp 
                                              Species Penaeus paulensis Pérez Farfante, 1967 – São Paulo shrimp 
                                              Species Penaeus penicillatus Alcock, 1905 – redtail prawn 
                                              Species Penaeus plebejus Hess, 1865 – eastern king prawn 
                                              Species Penaeus pulchricaudatus Stebbing, 1914  
                                              Species Penaeus schmitti Burkenroad, 1936 – southern white shrimp 
                                              Species Penaeus semisulcatus De Haan, 1844 – green tiger prawn, camarón tigre verde, crevette tigrée verte 
                                              Species Penaeus setiferus (Linnaeus, 1767) – northern white shrimp, white shrimp 
                                              Species Penaeus silasi Muthu & Motoh, 1979  
                                              Species Penaeus similis (Chanda & Bhattacharya, 2002)  
                                              Species Penaeus stylirostris Stimpson, 1874 – blue shrimp 
                                              Species Penaeus subtilis Pérez Farfante, 1967 – southern brown shrimp 
                                              Species Penaeus vannamei Boone, 1931 – whiteleg shrimp 
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Penaeus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): De Grave, Sammy, and C. H. J. M. Fransen  
  Publication Date: 2011   
  Article/Chapter Title: Carideorum catalogus: the recent species of the Dendrobranchiate, Stenopodidean, Procarididean and Caridean Shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden, vol. 85, no. 9   
  Page(s): 195-589   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 978-90-6519-2004, 0024-0672  
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  Reference for: Penaeus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Pérez Farfante, Isabel, and Brian Kensley  
  Publication Date: 1997   
  Article/Chapter Title: Penaeoid and Sergestoid Shrimps and Prawns of the World: Keys and Diagnoses for the Families and Genera   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mémoirs du Muséum nationale d'Histoire naturelle, tome 175   
  Page(s): 233   
  Publisher: Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle   
  Publication Place: Paris, France   
  ISBN/ISSN: 2-85653-510-0, 1243-4442  
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  Reference for: Penaeus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Yang, Chien-Hui, Ka Yan Ma, Ka Hou Chu, and Tin-Yam Chan  
  Publication Date: 2022   
  Article/Chapter Title: Making sense of the taxonomy of the most commercially important shrimps Penaeus Fabricius, 1798 s. l. (Crustacea: Decapoda: Penaeidae), a way forward   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Aquaculture, vol. 563, 738955   
  Page(s): 1-10   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0044-8486   
  Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2022.738955   
  Reference for: Penaeus   
       

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