Penaeidaeis a family of marinecrustaceansin the suborderDendrobranchiata,which are often referred to aspenaeid shrimporpenaeid prawns.The Penaeidae contain many species of economic importance, such as thetiger prawn,whiteleg shrimp,Atlantic white shrimp,andIndian prawn.Many prawns are the subject of commercialfishery,andfarming,both in marine settings, and infreshwater farms.Lateral line–like sense organs on the antennae have been reported in some species of Penaeidae.[1]At 210 metres per second (760 km/h), themyelinatedgiant interneurons of pelagic penaeid shrimp have the world record for impulse conduction speed in any animal.[2]

Penaeidae
Temporal range:Triassic–Recent
Penaeus monodon
Scientific classificationEdit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Dendrobranchiata
Superfamily: Penaeoidea
Family: Penaeidae
Rafinesque,1815

Genera

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Of the 48 recognised genera in the family Penaeidae, 23 are known only from thefossil record(marked †):[3]

References

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  1. ^E. J. Denton;John Gray (1985). "Lateral-line-like antennae of certain of the Penaeidea (Crustacea, Decapoda, Natantia)".Proceedings of the Royal Society B.226(1244): 249–261.doi:10.1098/rspb.1985.0094.
  2. ^Ke Hsu & Susumu Terakawa (1998). "Fenestration in the myelin sheath of nerve fibers of the shrimp: A novel node of excitation for saltatory conduction".Journal of Neurobiology.30(3): 397–409.doi:10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(199607)30:3<397::AID-NEU8>3.0.CO;2-#.PMID8807532.
  3. ^Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009)."A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans"(PDF).Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.Suppl. 21: 1–109.