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Penaeus Canaliculatus
''Penaeus'' is a genus of Dendrobranchiata, prawns, including the Penaeus monodon, giant tiger prawn (''P. monodon''), the most important species of Shrimp farm, farmed crustacean worldwide. The genus has been reorganised following a proposition of Isabel Pérez Farfante, Pérez Farfante and Kensley based on Morphology (biology), 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'' have been reassigned to new genera in the family (biology), family Penaeidae: ''Farfantepenaeus'', ''Fenneropenaeus'', ''Litopenaeus'' and ''Marsupenaeus''. The following table gives an overview: A few more species that are sometimes given as ''Penaeus'' spp. are actually assigned to the genus ''Melicertus'': References External links *List of species {{Taxonbar, from=Q3011709 Crustacean genera Penaeidae Taxa named by Johan Chr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penaeus Monodon
''Penaeus monodon'', commonly known as the giant tiger prawn, Asian tiger shrimp, black tiger shrimp, and other names, is a marine crustacean that is widely reared for food. Taxonomy ''Penaeus monodon'' was alpha taxonomy, first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1798. That name was overlooked for a long time, until 1949 when Lipke Holthuis clarified to which species it referred. Holthuis also showed that ''P. monodon'' had to be the type species of the genus ''Penaeus''. Description Females can reach about long, but are typically long and weigh ; males are slightly smaller at long and weighing . The carapace and abdomen are transversely banded with alternative red and white. The antennae are grayish brown. Brown pereiopods and pleopods are present with fringing setae in red. Distribution Its natural distribution is the Indo-Pacific, ranging from the eastern coast of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, as far as Southeast Asia, the Pacific Ocean, and northern Aust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
