Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Penaeoidea (Penaeoid shrimps) for South Island (New Zealand)

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Checklist for Superfamily Penaeoidea Rafinesque, 1815 (Penaeoid shrimps)
and region South Island (New Zealand)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	140 261 307	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	138 259 306	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	52 96 116	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	51 95 115	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 South Island
2 Families width 3 Species

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

Genera for South Island
2 Genera with 3 Species

Gennadas Bate, 1914		2	Species	Taxom
Melicertus Rafinesque, 1896		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for South Island
3 Species

Gennadas gilchristi Calman, 1925
Gennadas kempi Stebbing, 1914
Melicertus latisulcatus Kishinouye, 1896	Blue-legged King Prawn

Subnodes of Penaeoidea with occurrences in South Island

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