Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Penaeoidea (Penaeoid shrimps) for Malacca (Peninsular Malaysia, Malaysia)

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Checklist for Superfamily Penaeoidea Rafinesque, 1815 (Penaeoid shrimps)
and region Malacca (Peninsular Malaysia, Malaysia)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	32 57 76	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	32 57 76	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	27 51 71	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	27 51 71	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Dendrobranchiata Bate, 1888	1 4 5	Family Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Penaeoidea Rafinesque, 1815 Penaeoid shrimps	1 4 5	Family Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Malacca
1 Family width 5 Species and 1 Subspecies

Penaeid shrimps

Species

Genera for Malacca
4 Genera with 5 Species

Fenneropenaeus Pérez Farfante, 1837		1	Species	Taxom
Metapenaeus Wood-Mason &..., 1962	metapenaeus shrimps	2	Species	Taxom
Parapenaeopsis Alcock, 1903		1	Species	Taxom
Penaeus Fabricius, 1837		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Malacca
5 Species and 1 Subspecies

Fenneropenaeus indicus H.Milne Edwards, 1837	Banana Prawn
Metapenaeus affinis H.Milne Edwards, 1837	Jinga shrimp
Metapenaeus lysianassa malaccaensis (Hall, 1962)	⇒ Metapenaeus lysianassa De Man, 1888
Parapenaeopsis gracillima Nobili, 1903	American golden saxifrage
Penaeus indicus (H. Milne-Edw..., 1837)	⇒ Fenneropenaeus indicus H.Milne Edwards, 1837

Subnodes of Penaeoidea with occurrences in Malacca

Family

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5

Genera
Species

Links, sources and further information

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