Rimapenaeus
| Rimapenaeus | |
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| Rimapenaeus constrictus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Dendrobranchiata |
| Family: | Penaeidae |
| Genus: | Rimapenaeus Pérez Farfante & Kensley, 1997 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Penaeus constrictus Stimpson, 1871
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Rimapenaeus is a genus of prawns. It comprises six species, including the "roughneck shrimp", Rimapenaeus constrictus:[2][3]
- Rimapenaeus byrdi (Burkenroad, 1934)
- Rimapenaeus constrictus (Stimpson, 1871)
- Rimapenaeus faoe (Obarrio, 1954)
- Rimapenaeus fuscina (Pérez Farfante, 1971)
- Rimapenaeus pacificus (Burkenroad, 1934)
- Rimapenaeus similis (Smith, 1885)
References[edit]
- ^ Isabel Pérez Farfante, Brian Frederick Kensley (1997). Penaeoid and Sergestoid Shrimps and Prawns of the World: Keys and Diagnoses for the Families and Genera. Mémoires du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. Vol. 175. Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. pp. 1–233. ISBN 978-2-85653-510-3.
- ^ "Rimapenaeus Pérez Farfante and Kensley, 1997". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 20, 2011.
- ^ Sammy De Grave (2011). "Rimapenaeus Pérez Farfante & Kensley, 1997". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
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