''Litopenaeus'' 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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, 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 ...
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It contains five species:
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Litopenaeus occidentalis
''Litopenaeus'' is a genus of prawns, formerly included in the genus ''Penaeus''. It contains five species:
*''Litopenaeus occidentalis'' (Streets, 1871)
*''Litopenaeus schmitti'' (Burkenroad, 1936)
*''Litopenaeus setiferus'' (Linnaeus, 1767)
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(Streets, 1871)
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Litopenaeus schmitti
''Litopenaeus'' is a genus of prawns, formerly included in the genus ''Penaeus''. It contains five species:
*''Litopenaeus occidentalis'' (Streets, 1871)
*''Litopenaeus schmitti'' (Burkenroad, 1936)
*''Litopenaeus setiferus'' (Linnaeus, 1767)
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(Burkenroad, 1936)
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Litopenaeus setiferus
''Litopenaeus setiferus'' (also accepted: ''Penaeus setiferus'', and known by various common names including Atlantic white shrimp, '' white shrimp'', ''gray shrimp'', ''lake shrimp'', ''green shrimp'', ''green-tailed shrimp'', ''blue-tailed s ...
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(Linnaeus, 1767)
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Litopenaeus stylirostris
''Litopenaeus'' is a genus of prawns, formerly included in the genus ''Penaeus''. It contains five species:
*''Litopenaeus occidentalis'' (Streets, 1871)
*''Litopenaeus schmitti'' (Burkenroad, 1936)
*''Litopenaeus setiferus'' (Linnaeus, 1767)
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(Stimpson, 1871)
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Litopenaeus vannamei
Whiteleg shrimp (''Litopenaeus vannamei'', synonym ''Penaeus vannamei''), also known as Pacific white shrimp or King prawn, is a species of prawn of the eastern Pacific Ocean commonly caught or farmed for food.
Description
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(Boone, 1931)
Parasites
''Litopenaeus'' is a suspected host of ''
Vibrio parahaemolyticus
''Vibrio parahaemolyticus'' (V. parahaemolyticus) is a curved, rod-shaped, Gram-negative bacterium found in the sea and in estuaries which, when ingested, may cause gastrointestinal illness in humans. ''V. parahaemolyticus'' is oxidase positive ...
'', a pathogen of humans.
References
Penaeidae
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