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CAAB Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Arthropoda (phylum) » Malacostraca (class) » Decapoda (order) » Penaeidae (family)
| CAAB Code: | 28 711912 |
| Scientific Name and Authority: | Penaeus spp. |
| CAAB category: | 28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.) | Distribution map: |
| Family: | Penaeidae (penaeid prawns) - show full list | |
| Common Name: | [a penaeid prawn] | |
| Recent Synonyms: | Fenneropenaeus spp. Litopenaeus spp. Marsupenaeus spp. | |
| Taxon lists: |
Current Australian list:
 Commercial species list:  Standard Fish Names List: | |
| Habitat: |
Marine unspecified | |
| Parent Codes: |
28 711000
Penaeidae - undifferentiated | |
| Child Codes: |
28 711044
Penaeus esculentus 28 711045 Penaeus indicus 28 711093 Penaeus japonicus 28 711050 Penaeus merguiensis 28 711051 Penaeus monodon 28 711046 Penaeus pulchricaudatus 28 711053 Penaeus semisulcatus 28 711077 Penaeus stylirostris 28 711079 Penaeus vannamei | |
| Organism Type: | a penaeid prawn |
| Taxon Notes: | This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to this level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available. | ||||
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| Scientific Name verified against: | Ma, K.Y. Chan, T.-Y. Chu, K.H., 2011. Refuting the six-genus classification of Penaeus s.l. (Dendrobranchiata, Penaeidae): a combined analysis of mitochondrial and nuclear genes., Zoologica Scripta, Vol. 40: 498-508. |