Penaeus

Translingual

Penaeus monodon

Etymology

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Proper noun

Penaeus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Penaeidae – certain shrimps, most significantly the commercially important black tiger shrimp.

Usage notes

• Formerly included many species now placed in other genera in Penaeidae.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Crustacea - subphylum; Malacostraca - class; Eumalacostraca - subclass; Eucarida - superorder; Decapoda - order; Dendrobranchiata - suborder; Penaeoidea - superfamily; Penaeidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Penaeus monodon (black tiger shrimp) - type species; Penaeus esculentus (brown tiger prawn), Penaeus semisulcatus (green tiger prawn) - other species

Derived terms

terms derived from Penaeus

• Atypopenaeus
• Austropenaeus
• †Cretapenaeus
• Cryptopenaeus
• Farfantepenaeus
• Fenneropenaeus
• Hadropenaeus
• Hemipenaeus
• Heteropenaeus
• Hymenopenaeus
• Litopenaeus
• †Macropenaeus
• Marsupenaeus
• Mesopenaeus
• Metapenaeus
• †Micropenaeus
• Penaeopsis
• Parapenaeus
• Pelagopenaeus
• Plesiopenaeus
• Rimapenaeus
• Tanypenaeus
• Trachypenaeus
• †Tzeltalpenaeus
• Xiphopenaeus
• †Zoquepenaeus

References

• Penaeus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Penaeus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Penaeus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Penaeus at World Register of Marine Species
• Penaeus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Penaeus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Penaeus at Paleobiology Database