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Animalia Rank: Species Synonym(s):Penaeus vannamei Boone, 1931 Vernacular name(s): camarón patiblanco [Spanish] crevette pattes blanches [French] whiteleg shrimp [English] Taxonomic Status: Current Standing: valid Data Quality Indicators: Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met |
Taxonomic Hierarchy Get the following data in XML format - up to the kingdom Get the following data in XML format Kingdom Animalia-- animals Phylum Arthropoda-- arthropods Subphylum Crustacea-- crustaceans Class Malacostraca Subclass Eumalacostraca Superorder Eucarida Order Decapoda-- crabs, crayfishes Suborder Dendrobranchiata Superfamily Penaeoidea-- penaeoid shrimps Family Penaeidae-- penaeid shrimps Genus Litopenaeus Species Litopenaeus vannamei-- whiteleg shrimp |
References References: Holthuis, L. B. 1980. Shrimps and Prawns of the World: An Annotated Catalogue of Species of Interest to Fisheries. FAO Fisheries Synopsis, no. 125, vol. 1. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rome, Italy. xvii + 271. ISBN: 92-5-100896-5. Pérez Farfante, Isabel, and Brian Kensley 1997. Penaeoid and Sergestoid Shrimps and Prawns of the World: Keys and Diagnoses for the Families and Genera. Mémoirs du Muséum nationale d'Histoire naturelle, tome 175. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Paris, France. 233. ISBN: 2-85653-510-0. |
Geographic Information Geographic Information:East Pacific |
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