Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Penaeoidea (Penaeoid shrimps) for Cape Town (Western Cape)

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Checklist for Superfamily Penaeoidea Rafinesque, 1815 (Penaeoid shrimps)
and region Cape Town (Western Cape)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	55 75 94	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	54 74 92	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	20 24 27	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	20 24 27	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Dendrobranchiata Bate, 1888	2 2 2	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Penaeoidea Rafinesque, 1815 Penaeoid shrimps	2 2 2	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Cape Town
2 Families width 2 Species and 1 Subspecies

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

Genera for Cape Town
2 Genera with 2 Species

Gennadas Bate, 1914		1	Species	Taxom
Parapenaeus Smith, 1986		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Cape Town
2 Species and 1 Subspecies

Gennadas kempi Stebbing, 1914
Parapenaeus fissuroides erythraeus Crosnier, 1986

Subnodes of Penaeoidea with occurrences in Cape Town

Family	Benthesicymidae Wood-Mason, 1891 Benthesicymid shrimps	1 1	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