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Penaeidae is a family of marine crustaceans in the suborder Dendrobranchiata, which are often referred to as penaeid shrimp or penaeid prawns. The Penaeidae contain many species of economic importance, such as the tiger prawn, whiteleg shrimp, Atlantic white shrimp, and Indian prawn. Many prawns are the subject of commercial fishery, and farming, both in marine settings, and in freshwater farms. Lateral line–like sense organs on the antennae have been reported in some species of Penaeidae. At , the myelinated giant interneurons of pelagic penaeid shrimp have the world record for impulse conduction speed in any animal. Of the 48 recognised genera in the family Penaeidae, 23 are known only from the fossil record (marked †): † Albertoppelia Schweigert & Garassino, 2004 † Ambilobeia Garassino & Pasini, 2002 † Antrimpos Münster, 1839 Artemesia Bate, 1888 Atypopenaeus Alcock, 1905 † Bombur Münster, 1839 † Bylgia Münster, 1839 † Carinacaris Garassino, 1994 † Cretapenaeus Garassino, Pasini & Dutheil, 2006 † Drobna Münster, 1839 † Dusa Münster, 1839 Farfantepenaeus Burukovsky, 1997 Fenneropenaeus Pérez Farfante, 1969 Funchalia Johnson, 1868 † Hakelocaris Garassino, 1994 Heteropenaeus De Man, 1896 † Ifasya Garassino & Teruzzi, 1995 † Koelga Münster, 1839 † Libanocaris Garassino, 1994 Litopenaeus Pérez Farfante, 1969 † Longichela Garassino & Teruzzi, 1993 † Longitergite Garassino & Teruzzi, 1996 † Macropenaeus Garassino, 1994 Macropetasma Stebbing, 1914 Marsupenaeus Tirmizi, 1971 Megokris Pérez Farfante & Kensley, 1997 Melicertus Rafinesque, 1814 Metapenaeopsis Bouvier, 1905 Metapenaeus Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891 † Microchela Garassino, 1994 † Micropenaeus Bravi & Garassino, 1998 Parapenaeopsis Alcock, 1901 Parapenaeus Smith, 1885 Pelagopenaeus Pérez Farfante & Kensley, 1997 Penaeopsis Bate, 1881 Penaeus Fabricius, 1798 Protrachypene Burkenroad, 1934 † Pseudobombur Secretan, 1975 † Pseudodusa Schweigert & Garassino, 2004 † Rauna Münster, 1839 † Rhodanicaris Van Straelen, 1924 Rimapenaeus Pérez Farfante & Kensley, 1997 † Saty

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Crustacean

Crustaceans belong to the subphylum Crustacea (krəˈsteɪʃə), and form a large, diverse group of arthropods including decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, amphipods and mantis shrimp. The crustacean group can be treated as a subphylum under the clade Mandibulata. It is now well accepted that the hexapods (insects and entognathans) emerged deep in the Crustacean group, with the completed group referred to as Pancrustacea.

Whiteleg shrimp

Whiteleg shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei, synonym Penaeus vannamei), also known as Pacific white shrimp or King prawn, is a species of prawn of the eastern Pacific Ocean commonly caught or farmed for food. L. vannamei grows to a maximum length of , with a carapace length of . Adults live in the ocean, at depths to , while juveniles live in estuaries. The rostrum is moderately long, with 7–10 teeth on the dorsal side and two to four teeth on the ventral side.

Shrimp

A shrimp (: shrimp (US) or shrimps (UK)) is a crustacean (a form of shellfish) with an elongated body and a primarily swimming mode of locomotion – typically belonging to the Caridea or Dendrobranchiata of the decapod order, although some crustaceans outside of this order are also referred to as "shrimp". More narrow definitions may be restricted to Caridea, to smaller species of either group or to only the marine species.