Litopenaeus setiferus

Litopenaeus setiferus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Dendrobranchiata
Family: Penaeidae
Genus: Litopenaeus
Species:
L. setiferus
Binomial name
Litopenaeus setiferus
Synonyms
  • Cancer setiferus Linnaeus, 1767
  • Penaeus setiferus (Linnaeus, 1767)
Diagram of Litopenaeus setiferus

Litopenaeus setiferus (also accepted: Penaeus setiferus,[1] and known by various common names including Atlantic white shrimp, white shrimp, gray shrimp, lake shrimp, green shrimp, green-tailed shrimp, blue-tailed shrimp, rainbow shrimp, Daytona shrimp, Mayport Shrimp, common shrimp, southern shrimp, and, in Mexico, camaron blanco) is a species of prawn found along the Atlantic coast of North America and in the Gulf of Mexico.[2] It was the subject of the earliest shrimp fishery in the United States.

  1. ^ "WoRMS". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2020-02-13.
  2. ^ Robert J. Muncy (1984). White shrimp (PDF) (Report). Species profiles: life histories and environmental requirements of coastal fishes and invertebrates (South Atlantic). United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. FWS/OBS-82/11.27. Retrieved 26 July 2024 – via South Carolina Department of Natural Resources.