''Farfantepenaeus'' is a genus of prawns in the

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Penaeidae 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, ...

. Its eight species were formerly included in the genus ''

Penaeus ''Penaeus'' is a genus of prawns, including the giant tiger prawn (''P. monodon''), the most important species of farmed crustacean worldwide. The genus has been reorganised following a proposition of Pérez Farfante and Kensley based on morph ...

''. It was first published as a genus name in 1972 by Rudolf N. Burukovsky, but without the necessary designation of a

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. That situation was corrected by the same author in 1997. The name ''Farfantepenaeus'' commemorates the Cuban carcinologist

Isabel Pérez Farfante Isabel Pérez Farfante (July 24, 1916 – August 20, 2009) was a Cuban-born carcinologist. She was the first Cuban woman to receive her Ph.D. from an Ivy League school. She returned to Cuba from the United States only to be blacklisted by Fid ...

Species

*'' Farfantepenaeus aztecus'' – northern brown shrimp *'' Farfantepenaeus brasiliensis'' – red-spotted shrimp, spotted pink shrimp *'' Farfantepenaeus brevirostris'' – crystal shrimp, pink shrimp *'' Farfantepenaeus californiensis'' – yellowleg shrimp, brown shrimp *'' Farfantepenaeus duorarum'' – northern pink shrimp *''

Farfantepenaeus notialis ''Farfantepenaeus notialis'' is a species of marine crustacean in the family Penaeidae. Distribution It is found off the east coast of South America from Yucatan,Roberto Pérez-Castañeda and Omar Defeo 2000. Population structure of the Penaei ...

'' – southern pink shrimp *'' Farfantepenaeus paulensis'' – São Paulo shrimp, Carpas shrimp *'' Farfantepenaeus subtilis'' – southern brown shrimp

References

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