Litopenaeus
| Litopenaeus | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Litopenaeus stylirostris | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Family: | Penaeidae |
| Genus: | Litopenaeus Pérez Farfante, 1967 [1] |
| External identifiers for Litopenaeus | |
|---|---|
| Encyclopedia of Life | 15160 |
| ITIS | 551566 |
| NCBI | 122377 |
| WoRMS | 158335 |
| Also found in: Wikispecies | |
Litopenaeus is a genus of prawns, formerly included in the genus Penaeus.[2] It contains five species:[3]
- Litopenaeus occidentalis (Streets, 1871)
- Litopenaeus schmitti (Burkenroad, 1936)
- Litopenaeus setiferus (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Litopenaeus stylirostris (Stimpson, 1871)
- Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone, 1931)
Parasites
Litopenaeus is a suspected host of Vibrio parahaemolyticus, a pathogen of humans.
References
- ↑ Sammy De Grave (2011). "Litopenaeus Pérez Farfante, 1969". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved February 5, 2012.
- ↑ 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 978-2-85653-510-3.
- ↑ S. De Grave & C. H. J. M. Fransen (2011). "Carideorum Catalogus: the Recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda)". Zoologische Mededelingen. 85 (9): 195–589, figs. 1–59. ISBN 978-90-6519-200-4. Archived from the original on 2012-12-20.
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