| Southern pink shrimp | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Dendrobranchiata |
| Family: | Penaeidae |
| Genus: | Farfantepenaeus |
| Species: | F. notialis |
| Binomial name | |
| Farfantepenaeus notialis (Pérez-Farfante, 1967) [1] |
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Southern pink shrimp, Farfantepenaeus notialis, is a species of marine crustacean in the family Penaeidae. It was once considered part of the genus Penaeus, but has since been reassigned to the genus Farfantepenaeus. It is found off the east coast of South America from Quintana Roo, Mexico to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and the west coast of Africa, from Mauritania to Angola.[2]