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Penaeus coeruleus Stebbing, 1905. Penaeus bubulus Kubo, 1949. 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 hathor (Burkenroad, 1959) 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.
The giant tiger prawn (Penaeus monodon) is an important species for aquaculture.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.
Indian prawn. The Indian prawn (Fenneropenaeus indicus, formerly Penaeus indicus) is one of the major commercial prawn species of the world. It is found in the Indo-West Pacific from eastern and south-eastern Africa, through India, Malaysia and Indonesia to southern China and northern Australia. [3] Adult shrimp grow to a length of about 22 cm ...
Penaeus monodon Fabricius, 1798: 336 0–110 marine, estuarine [71] [72] [73] 210 782 992 Akiami paste shrimp Acetes japonicus Kishinouye, 1905: Most intensively fished species. They are small with black eyes and red spots on the uropods. [74] Only a small amount is sold fresh, most is dried, salted or fermented. [74] 30 shallow marine [75] [76 ...
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. Many prawns are the subject of commercial fishery, and ...
Amphionidea. Eukyphida. The Caridea, commonly known as caridean shrimp or true shrimp, from the Greek word καρίς, καρίδος (karís, karídos, “shrimp”), are an infraorder of shrimp within the order Decapoda. This infraorder contains all species of true shrimp. They are found widely around the world in both fresh and salt water.
White spot syndrome (WSS) is a viral infection of penaeid shrimp. The disease is highly lethal and contagious, killing shrimp quickly. Outbreaks of this disease have wiped out the entire populations of many shrimp farms within a few days, in places throughout the world. White spot syndrome virus (WSSV) is the lone virus of the genus Whispovirus ...