Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Eucarida > Order Decapoda > Suborder Dendrobranchiata > Superfamily Penaeoidea > Family Penaeidae

Funchalia Johnson, 1868

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Hemipenaeopsis*	Bouvier, 1905	synonym

Children

Funchalia danae Burkenroad, 1940
Funchalia villosa (Bouvier, 1905)
Funchalia woodwardi Johnson, 1868

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ウキエビ属

Literature

original description	Johnson, J.Y. (1868). Descriptions of a new genus and a new species of macrurous decapod crustacean belonging to the Penaeidae, discovered at Madeira. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1867: 895-901 [imprint 1867].
basis of record	Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 284-292
additional source	De Grave, S.; Fransen, C.H.J.M. (2011). Carideorum catalogus: the recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden. 85(9): 195-589.
additional source	Pérez Farfante, I.; Kensley, B. (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. 175: 1-233.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].

Genbank

Citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Funchalia Johnson, 1868. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106814