Penaeus

Translingual thumb|Penaeus monodon species Penaeus monodon Etymology Borrowed from mul grc πέναιος. Proper noun 1 m genus family Penaeidae certain shrimps, most significantly the commercially important black tiger shrimp Usage notes Formerly included many species now placed in other genera in Penaeidae family. Hypernyms genus Hyponyms genus Penaeus monodon species (black tiger shrimp) type species; Penaeus esculentus species (brown tiger prawn), Penaeus semisulcatus species (green tiger prawn) other species Derived terms 2 der Atypopenaeus genus Austropenaeus genus †Cretapenaeus genus Cryptopenaeus genus Farfantepenaeus genus Fenneropenaeus genus Hadropenaeus genus Hemipenaeus genus Heteropenaeus genus Hymenopenaeus genus Litopenaeus genus †Macropenaeus genus Marsupenaeus genus Mesopenaeus genus Metapenaeus genus †Micropenaeus genus Penaeopsis genus Parapenaeus genus Pelagopenaeus genus Plesiopenaeus genus Rimapenaeus genus Tanypenaeus genus Trachypenaeus genus †Tzeltalpenaeus genus Xiphopenaeus genus †Zoquepenaeus genus References 1 1 1 106822 95603 41207 133894 22631 mul Decapods