Penaeidae

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search
Penaeidae
Temporal range: Triassic–Recent
Penaeus monodon.jpg
Penaeus monodon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Subphylum:
Class:
Order:
Suborder:
Superfamily:
Family:
Penaeidae

Penaeidae is a family of marine crustacean in the suborder Dendrobranchiata, which are often referred to as penaeid shrimp or penaeid prawn. It contains many species of economic importance, such as the tiger prawn, whiteleg shrimp, Atlantic white shrimp and Indian prawn. Many prawns are the subject of commercial fishery, and farming, both in marine settings, and in freshwater farms. Lateral line-like sense organs on the antennae have been reported in some species of Penaeidae.[1] At 210 metres per second (760 km/h), the myelinated giant interneurons of pelagic penaeid shrimp have the world record for impulse conduction speed in any animal.[2]

Genera

There are 48 recognised genera in the family Penaeidae, 23 of them known only from the fossil record (marked †):[3]

<templatestyles src="Div col/styles.css"/>

References

  1. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.