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Penaeus monodon, commonly known as the giant tiger prawn, [1] [2] Asian tiger shrimp, [3] [4] black tiger shrimp, [5] [6] and other names, is a marine crustacean that is widely reared for food. Tiger prawns displayed in a supermarket
Penaeus monodon Fabricius, 1798 Penaeus semisulcatus De Haan , 1844 Penaeus is a genus of prawns , including the giant tiger prawn ( P. monodon ), the most important species of farmed crustacean worldwide.
Prawn is a common name for small aquatic crustaceans with an exoskeleton and ten legs (members of the order of decapods), some of which are edible. [ 1 ] The term prawn [ 2 ] is used particularly in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Commonwealth nations, for large swimming crustaceans or shrimp , especially those with commercial significance in ...
Dendrobranchiata is a suborder of decapods, commonly known as prawns.There are 540 extant species in seven families, and a fossil record extending back to the Devonian.They differ from related animals, such as Caridea and Stenopodidea, by the branching form of the gills and by the fact that they do not brood their eggs, but release them directly into the water.
Penaeidae is a family of marine crustaceans in the suborder Dendrobranchiata, which are often referred to as penaeid shrimp or penaeid prawns.The Penaeidae contain many species of economic importance, such as the tiger prawn, whiteleg shrimp, Atlantic white shrimp, and Indian prawn.
F. notialis and Litopenaeus schmitti are together the most important prawn species in an area extending from the Greater Antilles to Venezuela. [4] Production peaked in 1999, with a total catch of 34,900 tonnes (76,900,000 lb), of which more than 90% was caught off Nigeria and Senegal.
Adult Penaeus monodon Crustaceans may pass through a number of larval and immature stages between hatching from their eggs and reaching their adult form. Each of the stages is separated by a moult , in which the hard exoskeleton is shed to allow the animal to grow.
Procambarus clarkii (red swamp crawfish) now widespread in North America, from its native range in the Gulf of Mexico basin; Spiny waterflea from northern Europe and western Russia; Fishhook waterflea from the Ponto-Caspian region; Daphnia lumholtzi; Penaeus monodon; Macrobrachium rosenbergii; Hemimysis anomala; Echinogammarus ischnus; Bosmina ...