NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: unknown
Latest Record Review: 2004

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Penaeidae
  Superfamily - Penaeoidea
  Suborder - Dendrobranchiata
  Order - Decapoda
  Superorder - Eucarida
  Subclass - Eumalacostraca
  Class - Malacostraca
  Subphylum - Crustacea
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Parapenaeus longirostris
      Species - Parapenaeus americanus
      Species - Parapenaeus politus
      Species - Parapenaeus australiensis
      Species - Parapenaeus fissurus
      Species - Parapenaeus investigatoris
      Species - Parapenaeus lanceolatus
      Species - Parapenaeus longipes
      Species - Parapenaeus sextuberculatus
      Species - Parapenaeus murrayi
      Species - Parapenaeus perezfarfantae
      Species - Parapenaeus ruberoculatus
      Species - Parapenaeus fissuroides