Penaeus (Penaeus) Fabricius, 1798

Chan, Tin-Yam, 2023, New subgeneric names for the most commercially important shrimp genus Penaeus Fabricius, 1798 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Penaeidae), ZooKeys 1141, pp. 29-40 : 29

Penaeus (Penaeus) Fabricius, 1798

Type species.

Penaeus monodon Fabricius, 1798.

Gender of subgenus.

Masculine.

Diagnosis.

Rostrum generally armed with3 ventral teeth. Median sulcus on postrostral carina shallow to indistinct. Adrostral sulcus extending posteriorly more or less to level of epigastric tooth. Gastrofrontal carina absent. Cervical carina with dorsal end a distance from dorsal carapace. Hepatic carina distinct, nearly horizontal. First pereiopod with distinct ischial spine. Fifth pereiopod without exopod. Sixth abdominal somite completely lacking dorsolateral sulcus. Telson without lateral spines. Thelycum closed.

Species included.

Penaeus (Penaeus) monodon Fabricius, 1798, Penaeus (Penaeus) simplex Chan, Muchlisin & Hurzaid, 2021.

Remarks.

Although this is the nominotypical subgenus of Penaeus , it is unusual in lacking an epipod on the fifth pereiopod; the subgenus contains only two of the 32 recognized species in the genus.