''Farfantepenaeus'' is a genus of
prawns
Prawn is a common name for small aquatic crustaceans with an exoskeleton and ten legs (which is a member of the order decapoda), some of which can be eaten.
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in the
family
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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
type species
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen ...
. 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
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Farfantepenaeus aztecus
''Farfantepenaeus aztecus'' is a species of marine penaeid shrimps found around the east coast of the US and Mexico. They are an important commercial species in the US. The FAO refers to them as the northern brown shrimp; other common names, us ...
'' – northern brown shrimp
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Farfantepenaeus brasiliensis'' – red-spotted shrimp, spotted pink shrimp
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Farfantepenaeus brevirostris
''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 ...
'' – crystal shrimp, pink shrimp
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Farfantepenaeus californiensis
''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 ...
'' – yellowleg shrimp, brown shrimp
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Farfantepenaeus duorarum
''Farfantepenaeus duorarum'' is a species of marine penaeid shrimp found around Bermuda, along the east coast of the United States and in the Gulf of Mexico. They are a significant commercial species in the United States and Cuba.
Distribution
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'' – northern pink shrimp
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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 Penaeid ...
'' – southern pink shrimp
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Farfantepenaeus paulensis'' – São Paulo shrimp, Carpas shrimp
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Farfantepenaeus subtilis'' – southern brown shrimp
References
Penaeidae
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