Penaeus (Litopenaeus) Perez Farfante, 1969
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Penaeus (Litopenaeus) Perez Farfante, 1969 |
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Penaeus (Litopenaeus) Perez Farfante, 1969
Type species.
Penaeus vannamei Boone, 1931.
Gender of subgenus.
Masculine.
Diagnosis.
Rostrum usually bearing 2-4 ventral teeth. Postrostral carina without median sulcus, only sometimes with pits or sunken areas. Adrostral sulcus extending posteriorly more or less to epigastric tooth. Gastrofrontal carina absent. Cervical carina with dorsal end a distance from dorsal carapace. Hepatic carina distinct. First pereiopod with distinct ischial spine. Fifth pereiopod bearing exopod. Sixth abdominal somite bearing weak to distinct dorsolateral sulcus. Telson without lateral spines. Thelycum open.
Species included.
Penaeus (Litopenaeus) occidentalis Streets, 1871; Penaeus (Litopenaeus) schmitti Burkenroad, 1936; Penaeus (Litopenaeus) setiferus (Linnaeus, 1767); Penaeus (Litopenaeus) stylirostris Stimpson, 1871; Penaeus (Litopenaeus) vannamei Boone, 1931.
Remarks.
This subgenus is unique in the genus by having an open thelycum.
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