CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Arthropoda (phylum) » Malacostraca (class) » Decapoda (order) » Penaeidae (family)

CAAB Code:	28 711912 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Penaeus spp.
Rank:	Genus

CAAB category:	28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.)
Family:	28 711 Penaeidae (penaeid prawns) - show full list
Common Name:	[a penaeid prawn]
Organism Type:	a penaeid prawn
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
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
Previous Codes (if any):	28 711923, 28 711924, 28 711919

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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.

Identifiers:

Australian Faunal Directory (AFD)	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:7b065c45-f6ff-4d01-9f62-b46a54e22291 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
Cleveland (CSIRO)	K2040270

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.

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