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F. indicus is known by many common names around the world, including Indian white prawn, Tugela prawn, white prawn, [1] banana prawn, Indian banana prawn and red leg banana prawn, [2] some of which may also apply to the related species Fenneropenaeus merguiensis. [4] The name white shrimp may also refer to other species.
Dendrobranchiata is a suborder of decapods, commonly known as prawns.There are 540 extant species in seven families, and a fossil record extending back to the Devonian.They differ from related animals, such as Caridea and Stenopodidea, by the branching form of the gills and by the fact that they do not brood their eggs, but release them directly into the water.
Penaeidae is a family of marine crustaceans in the suborder Dendrobranchiata, which are often referred to as penaeid shrimp or penaeid prawns. The Penaeidae contain many species of economic importance, such as the tiger prawn , whiteleg shrimp , Atlantic white shrimp , and Indian prawn .
The shrimp Palaemon serratus of the infraorder Caridea. A shrimp (pl.: shrimp or shrimps ()) is a crustacean (a form of shellfish) with an elongated body and a primarily swimming mode of locomotion – typically belonging to the Caridea or Dendrobranchiata of the order Decapoda, although some crustaceans outside of this order are also referred to as "shrimp".
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, [1] although this revision has not been universally accepted. [2]
Metapenaeus monoceros is a species of prawn in the family Penaeidae. It is also known as speckled shrimp, brown shrimp and pink shrimp in English, crevette mouchetée in French, camarón moteado in Spanish, koraney chingri or honye chingri in India, ginger prawn in South Africa and choodan chemmeen in Malayalam. [2]
The terms true shrimp or true prawn are sometimes used to mean what a particular person thinks is a shrimp or prawn. [2] This varies with the person using the terms. But such terms are not normally used in the scientific literature, because the terms shrimp and prawn themselves lack scientific standing.
Macrobrachium rosenbergii, also known as the giant river prawn or giant freshwater prawn, is a commercially important species of palaemonid freshwater prawn. It is found throughout the tropical and subtropical areas of the Indo-Pacific region, from India to Southeast Asia and Northern Australia . [ 3 ]