Species list, Checklist of Family Penaeidae (Penaeid shrimps) for Shark Bay (Gascoyne, Australia)

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Bees	Beetles
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Cicadas	Crane flies
Dragonflies	Earwigs
Flies	Isopods
Locusts	Mantises
Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
Termites	Wasps

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Checklist for Family Penaeidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Penaeid shrimps)
and region Shark Bay (Gascoyne, Australia)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	43 90 97	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	43 90 97	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	31 68 73	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	31 68 73	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Dendrobranchiata Bate, 1888	2 8 9	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Penaeoidea Rafinesque, 1815 Penaeoid shrimps	2 8 9	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Penaeidae Rafinesque, 1815 Penaeid shrimps	6 7	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Shark Bay
6 Genera with 7 Species

Melicertus Rafinesque, 1896		1	Species	Taxom
Metapenaeopsis Bouvier, 1879	Velvet shrimps	2	Species	Taxom
Metapenaeus Wood-Mason &..., 1926	metapenaeus shrimps	1	Species	Taxom
Penaeus Fabricius, 1879		1	Species	Taxom
Trachypenaeus Alcock, 1860		1	Species	Taxom
Trachysalambria Burkenroad, 1860		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Shark Bay
7 Species

Melicertus latisulcatus Kishinouye, 1896	Blue-legged King Prawn
Metapenaeopsis crassissima Racek & Dall, 1965	Stout Velvet Shrimp
Metapenaeopsis palmensis Haswell, 1879	Southern Velvet Prawn
Metapenaeus endeavouri Schmitt, 1926	Blue Endeavour Prawn
Penaeus esculentus Haswell, 1879	Brown Tiger Prawn
Trachypenaeus curvirostris (Stimpson, 1860)	⇒ Trachysalambria curvirostris Stimpson, 1860
Trachysalambria curvirostris Stimpson, 1860	Hardback Prawn

Links, sources and further information

Penaeidae at artfakta.se
Penaeidae at biodiversity.org.au
Penaeidae at gbif.org
Penaeidae at irmng.org
Penaeidae at itis.gov
Penaeidae at marinespecies.org