Penaeus

Taxobox
name = "Penaeus"

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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Crustacea
classis = Malacostraca
ordo = Decapoda
subordo = Dendrobranchiata
superfamilia = Penaeoidea
familia = Penaeidae
genus = "Penaeus"
genus_authority = Fabricius, 1798
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "Penaeus esculentus" Haswell, 1879
"Penaeus monodon" Fabricius, 1798

"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 morphological differences, in particular the genital characteristics of these animals. As a consequence, many of the species formerly in the genus "Penaeus" have been reassigned to new genera in the family Penaeidae: "Farfantepenaeus", "Fenneropenaeus", "Litopenaeus" and "Marsupenaeus". The following table gives an overview:

A few more species that are sometimes given as "Penaeus spp." are actually assigned to the genus "Melicertus":

References

*ITIS|ID=95602|taxon=Penaeidae
* [http://www.inh.co.jp/~penaeusj/Penaeus28.html List of species] ja icon