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

Parapenaeus Smith, 1885

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Parapenaeus longirostris (Lucas, 1846)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: サケエビ属

Literature

original description	Smith, S.I. (1885). On some genera and species of Penaeidae, mostly from dredgings off the east coast of the United States Fish Commission. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 8: 170-190.
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	Barnard, K.H. (1950). Descriptive catalogue of South African decapod Crustacea (crabs and shrimps). Annals of the South African Museum. 38: 1-837.
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	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. Parapenaeus Smith, 1885. 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:106819