''Heteropenaeus'' is a
monotypic genus of
shrimps belonging to the family
Penaeidae.
Its only species is ''Heteropenaeus longimanus'', known by the common name longarm prawn.
[Davie,"Crustasea: Malacostraca", Zoological catalogue of Australia, vol.19.3A, 2002]
The longarm prawn is widespread throughout the
tropical waters of the central
Indo-Pacific
The Indo-Pacific is a vast biogeographic region of Earth.
In a narrow sense, sometimes known as the Indo-West Pacific or Indo-Pacific Asia, it comprises the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, the western and central Pacific Ocean, and the ...
region, from
Indonesia to
Philippines and from south
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
to
New-Caledonia.
References
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Penaeidae
Monotypic genera