World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS) - Penaeus (Litopenaeus) Pérez Farfante, 1969

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Penaeus (Litopenaeus) Pérez Farfante, 1969

Penaeus vannamei

AphiaID

1809207 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1809207)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Subgenus

Type taxon

Penaeus vannamei Boone, 1931 accepted as Penaeus (Litopenaeus) vannamei Boone, 1931

Parent

Penaeus Fabricius, 1798

Original name

Litopenaeus Pérez Farfante, 1969

Synonymised names

Litopenaeus Pérez Farfante, 1969 · unaccepted > superseded rank

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Species Penaeus (Litopenaeus) occidentalis Streets, 1871
Species Penaeus (Litopenaeus) schmitti Burkenroad, 1936
Species Penaeus (Litopenaeus) setiferus (Linnaeus, 1767)
Species Penaeus (Litopenaeus) stylirostris Stimpson, 1871
Species Penaeus (Litopenaeus) vannamei Boone, 1931

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Litopenaeus Pérez Farfante, 1969) Pérez Farfante, I. (1969). Western Atlantic shrimps of the genus Penaeus. Fishery Bulletin. 67: 461-591. [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Penaeus (Litopenaeus) Pérez Farfante, 1969. Accessed at: https://www.decanet.info/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1809207 on 2025-05-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2025-04-26 13:17:14Z

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De Grave, Sammy

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original description (of Litopenaeus Pérez Farfante, 1969) Pérez Farfante, I. (1969). Western Atlantic shrimps of the genus Penaeus. Fishery Bulletin. 67: 461-591. [details] Available for editors

To Genbank (from synonym Litopenaeus Pérez Farfante, 1969)

From editor or global species database

Penaeus vannamei

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