Tags: Crustacean.

Penaeus is a genus of prawns including the giant tiger prawn (P. monodon) the most important species of farmed crustacean worldwide. The genus has been reorganised following a proposition of Pérez Farfante and Kensley based on morphological differences in particular the genital characteristics of these animals although this revision has not been universally accepted.

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