Penaeidae Rafinesque, 1815

González, José A., 2018, Checklists of Crustacea Decapoda from the Canary and Cape Verde Islands, with an assessment of Macaronesian and Cape Verde biogeographic marine ecoregions, Zootaxa 4413 (3), pp. 401-448 : 405-406

Penaeidae Rafinesque, 1815

Funchalia danae Burkenroad, 1940 —CNI Burkenroad (1940), type-locality; depth unknown—CVI likely (occurs off Azores, Canary Islands, St. Helena and Congo, Pérez Farfante & Kensley 1997)—Pelagic, 0–3200 m. PANT.

Funchalia villosa ( Bouvier, 1905) —CNI Lenz & Strunck (1914, as F. vanhöffeni ); 50–950 m—CVI likely (occurs off Canary Islands, Tristan da Cunha, Pérez Farfante & Kensley 1997, and Valdivia Bank)—Pelagic, 50–2608 m. PANT.

Funchalia woodwardi Johnson, 1867 —CNI Sund (1920); depth unknown—CVI likely (occurs off Azores, Madeira and Canary Islands and South Africa, Pérez Farfante & Kensley 1997)—Pelagic, 27–1544 m. PANT.

Metapenaeopsis miersi ( Holthuis, 1952) —CVI Türkay (1982, as Penaeopsis miersi ); 7–15 m—Benthic, 18– 32 m. TSEA.

Metapenaeus affinis (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) —CVI Crosnier & Forest (1973, as Hymenopenaeus affinis ); 410–460 m—Benthic, 5– 360 m. PANT.

Pelagopenaeus balboae (Faxon, 1893) —CNI Landeira & González (2018); 0–150 m—CVI Pérez Farfante & Kensley (1997) —Pelagic, 0–1609 m. PANT.

Penaeopsis serrata Spence Bate, 1881 —CNI González (1995); 284–600 m—Benthic, also benthopelagic, 120– 750 m. AAWA.

Penaeus kerathurus (Forskål, 1775) —CNI González & Santana (2014); 6–15 m—Benthic, 0.5– 90 m. EAWT. Penaeus monodon Fabricius, 1798 —CVI González (in prep.); shallow waters (Boa Vista)— Benthic , 0–110 m.

PANT.