Species list, Checklist of Family Aristeidae (Gamba prawns) for Windward Islands (Antilles)

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Checklist for Family Aristeidae Wood-Mason, 1891 (Gamba prawns)
and region Windward Islands (Antilles)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	173 511 913	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	172 510 913	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	98 343 710	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	97 341 708	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Dendrobranchiata Bate, 1888	6 21 38	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Penaeoidea Rafinesque, 1815 Penaeoid shrimps	5 20 37	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Aristeidae Wood-Mason, 1891 Gamba prawns, Gamba shrimps	5 6	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Windward Islands
5 Genera with 6 Species

Species list for Windward Islands
6 Species

Aristaeomorpha foliacea Wood-Mason, 1891	Giant gamba prawn
Aristaeopsis edwardsiana Johnson, 1868	Giant Scarlet Prawn
Aristeus antillensis A. Milne-Edw..., 1909	Purplehead gamba prawn
Hemipenaeus carpenteri Wood-Mason, 1891	Diffuse eriastrum
Hemipenaeus triton (Faxon, 1893)	⇒ Hemipenaeus carpenteri Wood-Mason, 1891
Plesiopenaeus armatus Bate, 1881

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