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Penaeidae is a family of prawns, although they are often referred to as penaeid shrimp. Whiteleg shrimp ( Litopenaeus vannamei, formerly Penaeus vannamei) also known as Pacific white shrimp, is a variety of prawn Arthropods are Animals belonging to the Phylum Arthropoda (from Greek ἄρθρον arthron, " Joint " Structure of crustaceans As Arthropods crustaceans have a stiff Exoskeleton, which must be shed to allow the animal to grow ( Ecdysis or molting The Malacostraca (Greek "soft shell" are the largest class of Crustaceans and include most of the animals that non-experts recognize as crustaceans including The decapods or Decapoda ( literally means "ten footed") are an order of Crustaceans within the class Malacostraca, including many Prawns are Crustaceans belonging to the sub-order Dendrobranchiata   Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz, as he is known in Europe ( October 22 1783 - September 18 1840) was a nineteenth-century A genus (plural genera from Γένος Latin genus "descent family type gender" is a low-level Taxonomic Whiteleg shrimp ( Litopenaeus vannamei, formerly Penaeus vannamei) also known as Pacific white shrimp, is a variety of prawn Melicertus is a genus of Australian "king" prawns comprising the eastern king prawn Melicertus pebejus, the red spot king prawn Melicertus Penaeus is a genus of Prawns including the giant tiger prawn ( P Prawns are Crustaceans belonging to the sub-order Dendrobranchiata   It contains many species of economic importance, such as the tiger prawn (Penaeus monodon), whiteleg shrimp, Atlantic white shrimp and Indian prawn. Penaeus monodon ( Common names include giant tiger prawn, black tiger prawn, leader prawn, sugpo and grass prawn Whiteleg shrimp ( Litopenaeus vannamei, formerly Penaeus vannamei) also known as Pacific white shrimp, is a variety of prawn Atlantic white shrimp ( Penaeus setiferus) also known as white shrimp or green tails is a species of Prawn (not Shrimp) found Indian prawn ( Fenneropenaeus indicus, formerly Penaeus indicus) also called white prawn, banana prawn or Indian white shrimp See shrimp farm for information on the farming of these species. This article is about the farming of marine (saltwater shrimp
Lateral line-like sense organs on the antennae have been reported in some species of Penaeidae. In Fish, the lateral line is a Sense organ used to detect movement and vibration in the surrounding water
At 200 meters per second, the myelinated giant interneurons of pelagic penaeid shrimp have the world record for impulse conduction speed in any animal, including vertebrates. Myelin is an electrically-insulating Dielectric Phospholipid layer that surrounds only the Axons of many Neurons It is an outgrowth