Rimapenaeus is a genus of prawns. It comprises six species, including the "roughneck shrimp", Rimapenaeus constrictus:[2][3]

Rimapenaeus
Rimapenaeus constrictus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Dendrobranchiata
Family: Penaeidae
Genus: Rimapenaeus
Pérez Farfante & Kensley, 1997 [1]
Type species
Penaeus constrictus
Stimpson, 1871

References

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  1. ^ Isabel Pérez Farfante, Brian Frederick Kensley (1997). Penaeoid and Sergestoid Shrimps and Prawns of the World: Keys and Diagnoses for the Families and Genera. Mémoires du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. Vol. 175. Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. pp. 1–233. ISBN 978-2-85653-510-3.
  2. ^ "Rimapenaeus Pérez Farfante and Kensley, 1997". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 20, 2011.
  3. ^ Boyko, Christopher B. (2023). "Rimapenaeus Pérez Farfante & Kensley, 1997". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 1 October 2024.