Hong Kong Register of Marine Species - Penaeus Fabricius, 1798

HKRMS taxon details

Penaeus Fabricius, 1798

Penaeus monodon

AphiaID

106822 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106822)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Penaeus monodon Fabricius, 1798 accepted as Penaeus (Penaeus) monodon Fabricius, 1798 (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Penaeidae Rafinesque, 1815

Original name

Penaeus Fabricius, 1798

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Subgenus Penaeus (Altiopeneaus) Chan, 2023
1. Species Penaeus (Altiopeneaus) marginatus Randall, 1840
Subgenus Penaeus (Eopenaeus) Chan, 2023
1. Species Penaeus (Eopenaeus) semisulcatus De Haan, 1844
Subgenus Penaeus (Fenneropenaeus) Pérez Farfante, 1969
Subgenus Penaeus (Marsupenaeus) Tirmizi, 1971
1. Species Penaeus (Marsupenaeus) japonicus Spence Bate, 1888
Subgenus Penaeus (Melicertus) Rafinesque, 1814
Subgenus Penaeus (Oleopenaeus) Chan, 2023
1. Species Penaeus (Oleopenaeus) latisulcatus Kishinouye, 1896
Subgenus Penaeus (Penaeus) Fabricius, 1798
1. Species Penaeus (Penaeus) monodon Fabricius, 1798
Subgenus Penaeus (Plagosopenaeus) Chan, 2023
1. Species Penaeus (Plagosopenaeus) canaliculatus (Olivier, 1811)
Species Penaeus canaliculatus (Olivier, 1811) accepted as Penaeus (Plagosopenaeus) canaliculatus (Olivier, 1811) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Penaeus chinensis (Osbeck, 1765) accepted as Penaeus (Fenneropenaeus) chinensis (Osbeck, 1765) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Penaeus indicus H. Milne Edwards, 1837 accepted as Penaeus (Fenneropenaeus) indicus H. Milne Edwards, 1837 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Penaeus japonicus Spence Bate, 1888 accepted as Penaeus (Marsupenaeus) japonicus Spence Bate, 1888 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Penaeus latisulcatus Kishinouye, 1896 accepted as Penaeus (Oleopenaeus) latisulcatus Kishinouye, 1896 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Penaeus marginatus Randall, 1840 accepted as Penaeus (Altiopeneaus) marginatus Randall, 1840 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Penaeus merguiensis De Man, 1888 accepted as Penaeus (Fenneropenaeus) merguiensis De Man, 1888 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Penaeus monodon Fabricius, 1798 accepted as Penaeus (Penaeus) monodon Fabricius, 1798 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Penaeus penicillatus Alcock, 1905 accepted as Penaeus (Fenneropenaeus) penicillatus Alcock, 1905 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Penaeus semisulcatus De Haan, 1844 accepted as Penaeus (Eopenaeus) semisulcatus De Haan, 1844 (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Fabricius, J.C. (1798). Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae. Hafniae: Proft et Storck: 1-572., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25565932 [details]

Taxonomic citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Penaeus Fabricius, 1798. Accessed through: Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2025) Hong Kong Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106822 on 2026-04-01

Regional species database citation

Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2026). Hong Kong Register of Marine Species. Penaeus Fabricius, 1798. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106822 on 2026-04-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Türkay, Michael

2006-09-27 07:06:07Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2010-09-09 08:44:48Z

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De Grave, Sammy

2011-11-03 13:04:42Z

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Fransen, Charles

2021-03-21 07:37:22Z

changed

De Grave, Sammy

2022-05-07 08:09:57Z

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de Mazancourt, Valentin

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original description Fabricius, J.C. (1798). Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae. Hafniae: Proft et Storck: 1-572., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25565932 [details]

taxonomy source Yang, C.-H.; Ma, K. Y.; Chu, K. H.; Chan, T.-Y. (2023). Making sense of the taxonomy of the most commercially important shrimps Penaeus Fabricius, 1798 s. l. (Crustacea: Decapoda: Penaeidae), a way forward. Aquaculture. 563: 738955., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2022.738955 [details] Available for editors

context source (PeRMS) Moscoso, V. (2012). Catálogo de crustáceos decápodos y estomatópodos del Perú. Boletín Instituto del Mar del Perú. 27(1-2): 8-207., available online at https://repositorio.imarpe.gob.pe/handle/20.500.12958/2190 [details]

basis of record Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

additional source Derijard, R. (1966). Note preliminaire sur les crustaces stomatopodes et decapodes recoltes a l'ile Europa du 6 au 24 Avril 1964. Mem Mus Natn Hist Nat, Paris 4 (41): 159-180 [details]

additional source De Grave, S.; Fransen, C.H.J.M. (2011). Carideorum catalogus: the recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden. 85(9): 195-589. (look up in IMIS) [details]