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Litopenaeus

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Litopenaeus is a genus of prawns, formerly included in the genus Penaeus.[2] It contains five species:[3]

Parasites

Litopenaeus is a suspected host of Vibrio parahaemolyticus, a pathogen of humans.

References

  1. ^ Sammy De Grave (2011). "Litopenaeus Pérez Farfante, 1969". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved February 5, 2012.
  2. ^ Isabel Pérez Farfante, Brian Frederick Kensley (1997). Penaeoid and Sergestoid Shrimps and Prawns of the World: Keys and Diagnoses for the Families and Genera. Mémoires du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. Vol. 175. Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. pp. 1–233. ISBN 978-2-85653-510-3.
  3. ^ S. De Grave & C. H. J. M. Fransen (2011). "Carideorum Catalogus: the Recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda)". Zoologische Mededelingen. 85 (9): 195–589, figs. 1–59. ISBN 978-90-6519-200-4. Archived from the original on 2012-12-20.
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Litopenaeus: Brief Summary

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Litopenaeus is a genus of prawns, formerly included in the genus Penaeus. It contains five species:

Litopenaeus occidentalis (Streets, 1871) Litopenaeus schmitti (Burkenroad, 1936) Litopenaeus setiferus (Linnaeus, 1767) Litopenaeus stylirostris (Stimpson, 1871) Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone, 1931)
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Habitat

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Known from seamounts and knolls

Reference

Stocks, K. 2009. Seamounts Online: an online information system for seamount biology. Version 2009-1. World Wide Web electronic publication.

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