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Penaeus (Litopenaeus) vannamei Boone, 1931

Penaeus vannamei
Penaeus vannamei

1809212  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1809212)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Malacostraca (Class)
  7. Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
  8. Eucarida (Superorder)
  9. Decapoda (Order)
  10. Dendrobranchiata (Suborder)
  11. Penaeoidea (Superfamily)
  12. Penaeidae (Family)
  13. Penaeus (Genus)
  14. Penaeus (Litopenaeus) (Subgenus)
  15. Penaeus (Litopenaeus) vannamei (Species)
accepted
Species
Penaeus vannamei Boone, 1931 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Penaeus vannamei Boone, 1931) Boone, L. (1931). A collection of anomuran and macruran Crustacea from the Bay of Panama and the fresh waters of the Canal Zone. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 63: 137-189. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Holotype  (of Penaeus vannamei Boone, 1931), geounit...  
Holotype (of Penaeus vannamei Boone, 1931), geounit Gulf of Panama [details]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Penaeus (Litopenaeus) vannamei Boone, 1931. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1809212 on 2025-05-29
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2025-04-26 13:17:14Z
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De Grave, Sammy

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Nomenclature

original description (of Penaeus vannamei Boone, 1931) Boone, L. (1931). A collection of anomuran and macruran Crustacea from the Bay of Panama and the fresh waters of the Canal Zone. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 63: 137-189. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype (of Penaeus vannamei Boone, 1931), geounit Gulf of Panama [details]
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Dutch witpootgarnaal [from synonym]  [details]
English whiteleg shrimp [from synonym]Pacific white shrimp [from synonym]Central American shrimp [from synonym]  [details]
French crevette pattes blanches [from synonym]  [details]
German Weißfuß-Garnele [from synonym]Weißbein-Garnele [from synonym]Pazifische Weiße Garnele [from synonym]  [details]
To Barcode of Life (234 barcodes) (from synonym Penaeus vannamei Boone, 1931)
To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes) (from synonym Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone, 1931))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Penaeus vannamei Boone, 1931)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone, 1931))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Penaeus vannamei) (from synonym Penaeus vannamei Boone, 1931)
To FAO Cultured Aquatic species fact sheets (from synonym Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone, 1931))
To FAO Species fact sheets (from synonym Penaeus vannamei Boone, 1931)
To GenBank (384433 nucleotides; 60408 proteins) (from synonym Penaeus vannamei Boone, 1931)
To GenBank (384433 nucleotides; 60408 proteins) (from synonym Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone, 1931))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (142 records) (from synonym Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone, 1931))
From editor or global species database
Penaeus vannamei
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Penaeus vannamei
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