Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Penaeoidea (Penaeoid shrimps) for Botany Bay (Sydney, Australia)

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Checklist for Superfamily Penaeoidea Rafinesque, 1815 (Penaeoid shrimps)
and region Botany Bay (Sydney, Australia)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	119 266 360	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	118 264 358	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	50 117 156	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	50 117 156	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Dendrobranchiata Bate, 1888	3 7 8	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Penaeoidea Rafinesque, 1815 Penaeoid shrimps	2 6 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Botany Bay
2 Families width 7 Species

Aristeidae Wood-Mason, 1891	Gamba prawns	2	Species	Taxom
Penaeidae (Rafinesque, 1815)	Penaeid shrimps	5	Species	Taxom

Genera for Botany Bay
6 Genera with 7 Species

Species list for Botany Bay
7 Species

Aristaeomorpha foliacea Wood-Mason, 1891	Giant gamba prawn
Aristaeopsis edwardsiana Johnson, 1868	Giant Scarlet Prawn
Melicertus plebejus Hess, 1865	Eastern King Prawn
Metapenaeus bennettae Racek & Dall, 1965	Bay Prawn
Metapenaeus macleayi Haswell, 1879	Eastern School Prawn
Penaeus esculentus Haswell, 1879	Brown Tiger Prawn
Trachypenaeus curvirostris (Stimpson, 1860)	⇒ Trachysalambria curvirostris Stimpson, 1860

Subnodes of Penaeoidea with occurrences in Botany Bay

Family	Aristeidae Wood-Mason, 1891 Gamba prawns, Gamba shrimps	2 2	Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Penaeidae Rafinesque, 1815 Penaeid shrimps	4 5	Genera Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Penaeoidea at artfakta.se
Penaeoidea at biodiversity.org.au
Penaeoidea at itis.gov
Penaeoidea at marinespecies.org