Penaeus monodon Fabricius, 1798

Poupin, Joseph, 2024, A documented checklist of the Crustacea (Stomatopoda, Decapoda) of the southern Guianas (Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil Amapá), European Journal of Taxonomy 954 (1), pp. 1-197 : 28

Penaeus monodon Fabricius, 1798

Penaeus monodon – Silva et al. 2002c: 77, Brazil Amapá [industrial fisheries, 35–50 m].

Distribution/Habitat

WA; marine; 0– 50 m.

Remark

This is an IP species escaped in WA from aquacultural operations but without evidence of established reproductive populations ( Felder et al. 2009: note 7). The history of this introduction with discussion on potential self-sustaining populations in Brazil is presented in Tavares (2011).