Litopenaeus Explained

Litopenaeus is a genus of prawns, formerly included in the genus Penaeus.[1] It contains five species:[2]

Parasites

Litopenaeus is a suspected host of Vibrio parahaemolyticus, a pathogen of humans.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Isabel Pérez Farfante, Brian Frederick Kensley . 1997 . Penaeoid and Sergestoid Shrimps and Prawns of the World: Keys and Diagnoses for the Families and Genera . 175 . Mémoires du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle . . 978-2-85653-510-3 . 1–233.
  2. S. De Grave & C. H. J. M. Fransen . 2011 . Carideorum Catalogus: the Recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) . . 85 . 9 . 195–589, figs. 1–59 . 978-90-6519-200-4 . https://archive.today/20121220093841/http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/85/nr02/a01 . dead . 2012-12-20 .

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