Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Penaeoidea (Penaeoid shrimps) for Currituck County (North Carolina, USA)

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Checklist for Superfamily Penaeoidea Rafinesque, 1815 (Penaeoid shrimps)
and region Currituck County (North Carolina, USA)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	31 35 37	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	31 35 37	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	10 12 14	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	10 12 14	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Dendrobranchiata Bate, 1888	2 3 4	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Penaeoidea Rafinesque, 1815 Penaeoid shrimps	2 3 4	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Currituck County
2 Families width 4 Species

Aristeidae Wood-Mason, 1891	Gamba prawns	1	Species	Taxom
Penaeidae Rafinesque, 1815	Penaeid shrimps	3	Species	Taxom

Genera for Currituck County
3 Genera with 4 Species

Aristaeomorpha Wood-Mason, 1891	1	Species	Taxom
Farfantepenaeus Burukovsky, 1939	2	Species	Taxom
Litopenaeus Pérez Farfante, 1767	1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Currituck County
4 Species

Aristaeomorpha foliacea Wood-Mason, 1891	Giant gamba prawn
Farfantepenaeus aztecus Ives, 1891	Brown shrimp
Farfantepenaeus duorarum Burkenroad, 1939	Bait shrimp
Litopenaeus setiferus Linnaeus, 1767	Atlantic white shrimp

Subnodes of Penaeoidea with occurrences in Currituck County

Family	Aristeidae Wood-Mason, 1891 Gamba prawns, Gamba shrimps	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Penaeidae Rafinesque, 1815 Penaeid shrimps	2 3	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