Farfantepenaeus Explained

Farfantepenaeus is a genus of prawns in the family Penaeidae. Its eight species^[1] were formerly included in the genus Penaeus.^[2] It was first published as a genus name in 1972 by Rudolf N. Burukovsky, but without the necessary designation of a type species. That situation was corrected by the same author in 1997.^[3] The name Farfantepenaeus commemorates the Cuban carcinologist Isabel Pérez Farfante.

Species

• Farfantepenaeus aztecus – northern brown shrimp
• Farfantepenaeus brasiliensis – red-spotted shrimp, spotted pink shrimp
• Farfantepenaeus brevirostris – crystal shrimp, pink shrimp
• Farfantepenaeus californiensis – yellowleg shrimp, brown shrimp
• Farfantepenaeus duorarum – northern pink shrimp
• Farfantepenaeus notialis – southern pink shrimp
• Farfantepenaeus paulensis – São Paulo shrimp, Carpas shrimp
• Farfantepenaeus subtilis – southern brown shrimp

Notes and References

1. . 2009 . Suppl. 21 . 1–109 . A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans . Sammy De Grave . N. Dean Pentcheff . Shane T. Ahyong . . etal . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110606064728/http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s21/s21rbz1-109.pdf . 2011-06-06 .
2. Yu Shanshan . Kong Xiaoyu . Li Yulong . Xu Hui . The complete sequence of mitochondrial COII gene of Fenneropenaeus chinensis and its applicability as a marker for phylogenetic analysis . Journal of Ocean University of China (English Edition) . 6 . 2 . 2007 . 10.1007/s11802-007-0187-2 . 187–192.
3. Rudolf N. Burukovsky . 1997 . Selection of a type species for Farfantepenaeus Burukovsky (Crustacea: Decapoda: Penaeidae) . . 110 . 1 . 154 .