Decanet name details
Litopenaeus Pérez Farfante, 1969
158335 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158335)
unaccepted > superseded rank
Genus
Penaeus vannamei Boone, 1931 accepted as Penaeus (Litopenaeus) vannamei Boone, 1931 (type by original designation)
- Species Litopenaeus occidentalis (Streets, 1871) accepted as Penaeus occidentalis Streets, 1871 accepted as Penaeus (Litopenaeus) occidentalis Streets, 1871 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Litopenaeus schmitti (Burkenroad, 1936) accepted as Penaeus schmitti Burkenroad, 1936 accepted as Penaeus (Litopenaeus) schmitti Burkenroad, 1936 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Litopenaeus setiferus (Linnaeus, 1767) accepted as Penaeus setiferus (Linnaeus, 1767) accepted as Penaeus (Litopenaeus) setiferus (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Litopenaeus stylirostris (Stimpson, 1871) accepted as Penaeus stylirostris Stimpson, 1871 accepted as Penaeus (Litopenaeus) stylirostris Stimpson, 1871
- Species Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone, 1931) accepted as Penaeus vannamei Boone, 1931 accepted as Penaeus (Litopenaeus) vannamei Boone, 1931
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Pérez Farfante, I. (1969). Western Atlantic shrimps of the genus <i>Penaeus</i>. <em>Fishery Bulletin.</em> 67: 461-591. [details] Available for editors 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Litopenaeus Pérez Farfante, 1969. Accessed at: https://www.decanet.info/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158335 on 2025-05-20
Date
action
by
original description
Pérez Farfante, I. (1969). Western Atlantic shrimps of the genus <i>Penaeus</i>. <em>Fishery Bulletin.</em> 67: 461-591. [details] Available for editors
basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
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
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]
basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
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
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