Penaeus
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Etymology
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Proper noun
Penaeus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Penaeidae – certain shrimps, most significantly the commercially important black tiger shrimp.
Usage notes
- Formerly included many species now placed in other genera in Penaeidae.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Crustacea - subphylum; Malacostraca - class; Eumalacostraca - subclass; Eucarida - superorder; Decapoda - order; Dendrobranchiata - suborder; Penaeoidea - superfamily; Penaeidae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Penaeus monodon (black tiger shrimp) - type species; Penaeus esculentus (brown tiger prawn), Penaeus semisulcatus (green tiger prawn) - other species
Derived terms
terms derived from Penaeus
- Atypopenaeus
- Austropenaeus
- †Cretapenaeus
- Cryptopenaeus
- Farfantepenaeus
- Fenneropenaeus
- Hadropenaeus
- Hemipenaeus
- Heteropenaeus
- Hymenopenaeus
- Litopenaeus
- †Macropenaeus
- Marsupenaeus
- Mesopenaeus
- Metapenaeus
- †Micropenaeus
- Penaeopsis
- Parapenaeus
- Pelagopenaeus
- Plesiopenaeus
- Rimapenaeus
- Tanypenaeus
- Trachypenaeus
- †Tzeltalpenaeus
- Xiphopenaeus
- †Zoquepenaeus
References
Penaeus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Penaeus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Penaeus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Penaeus at World Register of Marine Species
- Penaeus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Penaeus at Encyclopedia of Life
- Penaeus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Penaeus at Paleobiology Database
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