Litopenaeus

Litopenaeus
Litopenaeus stylirostris
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Dendrobranchiata
Family:	Penaeidae
Genus:	Litopenaeus Pérez Farfante, 1967 [1]

Litopenaeus is a genus of prawns, formerly included in the genus Penaeus.[2] It contains five species:[3]

• Litopenaeus occidentalis (Streets, 1871)
• Litopenaeus schmitti (Burkenroad, 1936)
• Litopenaeus setiferus (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Litopenaeus stylirostris (Stimpson, 1871)
• Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone, 1931)

Parasites

Litopenaeus is a suspected host of Vibrio parahaemolyticus, a pathogen of humans.

References

1. Sammy De Grave (2011). "Litopenaeus Pérez Farfante, 1969". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved February 5, 2012.
2. 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.
3. S. De Grave & C. H. J. M. Fransen (2011). "Carideorum Catalogus: the Recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda)". Zoologische Mededelingen. 85 (9): 195–589, figs. 1–59. ISBN 978-90-6519-200-4. Archived from the original on 2012-12-20.