Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Penaeoidea (Penaeoid shrimps) for St. Croix (U.S. Virgin Islands)

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Checklist for Superfamily Penaeoidea Rafinesque, 1815 (Penaeoid shrimps)
and region St. Croix (U.S. Virgin Islands)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	62 88 112	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	62 88 112	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	45 70 98	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	45 70 98	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Dendrobranchiata Bate, 1888	3 4 3	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Penaeoidea Rafinesque, 1815 Penaeoid shrimps	3 4 3	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for St. Croix
3 Families width 3 Species

Genera for St. Croix
4 Genera with 3 Species

Aristeus Duvernoy, 1909	1	Species	Taxom
Benthesicymus Spence Bate, 1882	1	Species	Taxom
Cerataspis Gray, 1828	0	Species	Taxom
Farfantepenaeus Burukovsky, 1817	1	Species	Taxom

Species list for St. Croix
3 Species

Aristeus antillensis A. Milne-Edw..., 1909	Purplehead gamba prawn
Benthesicymus bartletti Smith, 1882
Farfantepenaeus brasiliensis Latreille, 1817	Brown shrimp

Subnodes of Penaeoidea with occurrences in St. Croix

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