Species list, Checklist of Family Aristeidae (Gamba prawns) for Sri Lanka (South Asia)

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Checklist for Family Aristeidae Wood-Mason, 1891 (Gamba prawns)
and region Sri Lanka (South Asia)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	156 461 943	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	155 460 942	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	72 275 651	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	71 273 649	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Dendrobranchiata Bate, 1888	5 24 63	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Penaeoidea Rafinesque, 1815 Penaeoid shrimps	5 24 63	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Aristeidae Wood-Mason, 1891 Gamba prawns, Gamba shrimps	4 5	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Sri Lanka
4 Genera with 5 Species

Species list for Sri Lanka
5 Species

Aristaeopsis edwardsiana Johnson, 1868	Giant Scarlet Prawn
Aristeus edwardsianus (J. Y. Johnson, 1868)	⇒ Aristaeopsis edwardsiana Johnson, 1868
Plesiopenaeus armatus Bate, 1881
Plesiopenaeus edwardsianus (J. Y. Johnson, 1868)	⇒ Aristaeopsis edwardsiana Johnson, 1868
Pseudaristeus crassipes Wood-Mason, 1891

Links, sources and further information

Aristeidae at biodiversity.org.au
Aristeidae at gbif.org
Aristeidae at irmng.org
Aristeidae at itis.gov
Aristeidae at marinespecies.org