WoRMS name details
Litopenaeus Pérez Farfante, 1969
158335 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158335)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
Penaeus vannamei Boone, 1931 (type by original designation)
- Species Litopenaeus occidentalis (Streets, 1871) accepted as Penaeus occidentalis Streets, 1871 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Litopenaeus schmitti (Burkenroad, 1936) accepted as Penaeus schmitti Burkenroad, 1936 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Litopenaeus setiferus (Linnaeus, 1767) accepted as Penaeus setiferus (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Litopenaeus stylirostris (Stimpson, 1871) accepted as Penaeus stylirostris Stimpson, 1871
- Species Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone, 1931) accepted as Penaeus vannamei Boone, 1931
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Pérez Farfante, I., 1969. Western Atlantic shrimps of the genus Penaeus.— Fishery Bulletin 67: 461-591. [details]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Litopenaeus Pérez Farfante, 1969. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158335 on 2025-04-03
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Nomenclature
original description
Pérez Farfante, I., 1969. Western Atlantic shrimps of the genus Penaeus.— Fishery Bulletin 67: 461-591. [details]
basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Other
additional source
Pérez Farfante, I.; Kensley, B. (1997). Penaeoid and sergestoid shrimps and prawns of the world. Keys and diagnoses for the families and genera. <em>Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 175: 1-233. [details] Available for editors 
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additional source De Grave, S.; Fransen, C.H.J.M. (2011). Carideorum catalogus: the recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). <em>Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden.</em> 85(9): 195-589. (look up in IMIS) [details]
[request]additional source De Grave, S.; Fransen, C.H.J.M. (2011). Carideorum catalogus: the recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). <em>Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden.</em> 85(9): 195-589. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality