Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Penaeoidea (Penaeoid shrimps) for North Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean)

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INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT

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Checklist for Superfamily Penaeoidea Rafinesque, 1815 (Penaeoid shrimps)
and region North Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	181 468 900	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	179 464 889	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	75 178 294	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	73 170 278	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Dendrobranchiata Bate, 1888	3 5 5	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Penaeoidea Rafinesque, 1815 Penaeoid shrimps	3 5 5	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for North Atlantic Ocean
3 Families width 5 Species

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

Genera for North Atlantic Ocean
5 Genera with 5 Species

Gennadas Bate, 1882		1	Species	Taxom
Metapenaeopsis Bouvier, 1990	Velvet shrimps	1	Species	Taxom
Penaeus Fabricius, 1775		1	Species	Taxom
Pleoticus Bate, 1885		1	Species	Taxom
Solenocera Lucas, 0		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for North Atlantic Ocean
5 Species

Gennadas elegans Smith, 1882
Metapenaeopsis aegyptia Galil & Golani, 1990	Egyptian Prawn
Penaeus kerathurus (Forskal, 1775)	⇒ Melicertus kerathurus Forskål, 1775
Pleoticus robustus Smith, 1885	Royal red shrimp
Solenocera siphonoceras

Subnodes of Penaeoidea with occurrences in North Atlantic Ocean

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