🦋 Family

Penaeidae

3 species · Animals

Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Decapoda › Penaeidae

Penaeus monodon is a large shrimp species native to the Indo-Pacific, with well-documented size, range, habitat, and feeding habits.

Penaeus aztecus is a penaeid shrimp native to the North American Atlantic that has been introduced to the Mediterranean Sea.

Litopenaeus setiferus, also called non-grooved shrimp, is a warm-water penaeid shrimp found from the US East Coast to Mexico.

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