Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Penaeoidea (Penaeoid shrimps) for British Columbia (West Canada, Canada)

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Checklist for Superfamily Penaeoidea Rafinesque, 1815 (Penaeoid shrimps)
and region British Columbia (West Canada, Canada)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	173 460 925	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	169 455 910	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	58 144 323	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	57 138 313	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Dendrobranchiata Bate, 1888	2 2 3	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Penaeoidea Rafinesque, 1815 Penaeoid shrimps	2 2 3	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for British Columbia
2 Families width 3 Species

Benthesicymidae Wood-Mason, 1891	Benthesicymid shrimps	2	Species	Taxom
Penaeidae Rafinesque, 1815	Penaeid shrimps	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for British Columbia
2 Genera with 3 Species

Bentheogennema Burkenroad, 1975		2	Species	Taxom
Metapenaeus Wood-Mason &..., 1888	metapenaeus shrimps	1	Species	Taxom

Species list for British Columbia
3 Species

Bentheogennema borealis Rathbun, 1902	Northern blunt-tail shrimp
Bentheogennema burkenroadi Krygier & Wa..., 1975	Burkenroad blunt-tail shrimp
Metapenaeus lysianassa De Man, 1888	Bird shrimp

Subnodes of Penaeoidea with occurrences in British Columbia

Family	Benthesicymidae Wood-Mason, 1891 Benthesicymid shrimps	1 2	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Penaeidae Rafinesque, 1815 Penaeid shrimps	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

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