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Penaeidae

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Kingdom
  
Suborder
  
Scientific name
  
Penaeidae

Phylum
  
Order
  
Subphylum
  
Superfamily
  
Rank
  
Family

Higher classification
  
Prawn

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Lower classifications
  
Giant tiger prawn, Whiteleg shrimp, Kuruma prawn, Chinese white shrimp, Litopenaeus setiferus

Penaeidae is a family of marine crustacean in the suborder Dendrobranchiata, which are often referred to as penaeid shrimp or penaeid prawn. It contains 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 210 metres per second (760 km/h), the myelinated giant interneurons of pelagic penaeid shrimp have the world record for impulse conduction speed in any animal.

Penaeidae Shrimps PENAEIDAE Metapenaeopsis lamellata Marine Iconography

Genera

Penaeidae Giant Tiger Prawn Penaeus monodon Decapoda Penaeidae 5431236

There are 48 recognised genera in the family Penaeidae, 23 of them known only from the fossil record (marked †):

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References

Penaeidae Wikipedia