Rimapenaeus

Rimapenaeus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Dendrobranchiata
Family: Penaeidae
Genus: Rimapenaeus
Pérez Farfante & Kensley, 1997 [1]
Type species
Penaeus constrictus
Stimpson, 1871

Rimapenaeus is a genus of prawns. It comprises six species, including the "roughneck shrimp", Rimapenaeus constrictus:[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Isabel Pérez Farfante, Brian Frederick Kensley (1997). Penaeoid and Sergestoid Shrimps and Prawns of the World: Keys and Diagnoses for the Families and Genera. Mémoires du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. 175. Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. pp. 1–233. ISBN 9782856535103. 
  2. ^ "Rimapenaeus Pérez Farfante and Kensley, 1997". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=551562. Retrieved August 20, 2011. 
  3. ^ Sammy De Grave (2011). "Rimapenaeus Pérez Farfante & Kensley, 1997". World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158339. Retrieved August 21, 2011.