Tags: Crustacean.

Penaeus monodon the giant tiger prawn or Asian tiger shrimp (and also known by other common names) is a marine crustacean that is widely reared for food.

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binomial authority
Johan Christian Fabricius
class
Malacostraca
family
Penaeidae
genus
Penaeus
kingdom
Animal
order
Decapoda, Dendrobranchiata
phylum
Arthropod, Crustacean
synonym
*Penaeus bubulus (Kubo 1949), *Penaeus carinatus (Dana 1852), *Penaeus coeruleus (Stebbing 1905), *Penaeus tahitensis (Heller 1862)

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