Litopenaeus | |
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Litopenaeus stylirostris | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Crustacea |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Family: | Penaeidae |
Genus: |
Litopenaeus Pérez Farfante, 1967 |
External identifiers for Litopenaeus | |
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Encyclopedia of Life | 15160 |
ITIS | 551566 |
NCBI | 122377 |
WoRMS | 158335 |
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Litopenaeus is a genus of prawns, formerly included in the genus Penaeus. It contains five species:
Litopenaeus is a suspected host of Vibrio parahaemolyticus, a pathogen of humans.