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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 ...
Hepatopancreatic parvoviruses (HPV) are icosahedral particles with an average 22 nm diameter, [4] whose genomes consist of negative single-stranded DNA molecules. [4] Four complete genome sequences of HPV are available to date: [1] Thailand (Penaeus monodon densovirus (PmoDNV)), [5] Australia (Penaeus merguiensis densovirus (PmeDNV)), [6] India (Penaeus monodon densovirus (PmoDNV) [7] and ...
Penaeus monodon: Wild 212,504 North Pacific hake Merluccius productus: Wild 206,985 Atlantic horse mackerel Trachurus trachurus: Wild 205,807 Japanese jack mackerel Trachurus japonicus: Wild 202,816 Pacific thread herring Opisthonema libertate: Wild 201,993 One of five species in the genus Opisthonema: Bigeye scad Selar crumenophthalmus: Wild ...
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.
It is found off the east coast of South America from Yucatan, [3] Mexico to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and the west coast of Africa, from Mauritania to Angola. [4] They live at depths of 3–50 metres (10–164 ft), or exceptionally up to 700 m (2,300 ft), on sandy or muddy bottoms, often among rocks.
F. indicus is known by many common names around the world, including Indian white prawn, Tugela prawn, white prawn, [1] banana prawn, Indian banana prawn and red leg banana prawn, [2] some of which may also apply to the related species Fenneropenaeus merguiensis. [4] The name white shrimp may also refer to other species.