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Heteropenaeus

Heteropenaeus is a monotypic genus of shrimps belonging to the family Penaeidae. Its only species is Heteropenaeus longimanus, known by the common name longarm prawn.

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Heteropenaeus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Dendrobranchiata
Family: Penaeidae
Genus: Heteropenaeus
de Man, 1896
Species:
H. longimanus
Binomial name
Heteropenaeus longimanus
de Man, 1896

Heteropenaeus is a monotypic genus of shrimps belonging to the family Penaeidae.1 Its only species is Heteropenaeus longimanus, known by the common name longarm prawn.23

The longarm prawn is widespread throughout the tropical waters of the central Indo-Pacific region, from Indonesia to Philippines and from south Japan to New-Caledonia.3

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References

  1. "Heteropenaeus de Man, 1896". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  2. "Heteropenaeus". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  3. Davie,"Crustasea: Malacostraca", Zoological catalogue of Australia, vol.19.3A, 2002