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Penaeidae
Description | Penaeidae is a family of marine crustacean in the suborder Dendrobranchiata, which are often referred to as penaeid shrimp or penaeid prawns. The Penaeidae contain many species of economic importance, such as the tiger prawn, whiteleg shrimp, Atlantic white shrimp, and Indian prawn. Many prawns are the subject of commercial fishery, and farming, both in marine settings, and in freshwater farms. Lateral line–like sense organs on the antennae have been reported in some species of Penaeidae. At 210 metres per second (760 km/h), the myelinated giant interneurons of pelagic penaeid shrimp have the world record for impulse conduction speed in any animal. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penaeidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rank | family | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Penaeidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Penaeidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Analyse Nature: 98 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 70 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 46 (66%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 251 - 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Malacostraca) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | well-developed (based on Malacostraca) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Decapoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | chitin (based on Malacostraca) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. Garassino and G. Pasini. 2002. Studies on Permo-Trias of Madagascar 5: Ambilobeia karojoi n. gen., n. sp. (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the Lower Triassic (Olenekian) of Ambilobe region (NW Madagascar). Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 143:95-104 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common Name(s) | Penaeid Shrimps, Crevettes Pénaéïdes, Geißelgarnelen, クルマエビ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penaeidae |
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Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Albertoppelia genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Alcockpenaeopsis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ambilobeia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | |
Antrimpos genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 23 | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
Artemesia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atypopenaeus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Batepenaeopsis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Bombur genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
Bylgia genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 156 Ma Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
Carinacaris ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | |
Cretapenaeus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Drobna genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Dusa ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 10 | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | 156 Ma Jurassic | |
Farfantepenaeus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Fenneropenaeus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Funchalia genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 0.01 Ma Pleistocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Hakelocaris ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | |
Heteropenaeus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ifasya ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 9 | 252 Ma Permian | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | |
Kishinouyepenaeopsis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Koelga genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 156 Ma Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
Libanocaris ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | |
Litopenaeus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Longichela ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Longitergite genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Macropenaeus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | |
Macropetasma genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Marsupenaeus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Megokris genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Melicertus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Metapenaeopsis genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 0.01 Ma Pleistocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Metapenaeus genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 0.01 Ma Pleistocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Microchela ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | |
Micropenaeus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Mierspenaeopsis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Miyadiella genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Parapenaeopsis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Parapenaeus genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 0.01 Ma Pleistocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Parapenopsis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pelagopenaeus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Penaeopsis genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 0.01 Ma Pleistocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Penaeus genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 11 | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
Peneopsis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Peuaeus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Protrachypene genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pseudobombur ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Pseudodusa ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 156 Ma Jurassic | 156 Ma Jurassic | |
Rauna ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Rhodanicaris ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 165 Ma Middle Jurassic | 165 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
Rimapenaeus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Satyrocaris ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Tanypenaeus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Trachypenaeopsis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Trachypenaeus genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 0.01 Ma Pleistocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Trachysalambria genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Xiphopenaeus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Amalopeneus elegans species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Hemipeneus triton species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Hymenopeneus debilis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Parapeneus paradoxus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1815 | Penaeidae Rafinesque |
1993 | Penaeidae Garassino and Teruzzi p. 5 |
2002 | Penaeidae Garassino and Pasini p. 99 |
2004 | Penaeidae Poore and Ahyong |
2009 | Penaeidae De Grave et al. p. 14 |
2010 | Penaeidae Schweitzer et al. p. 9 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!