Biology:Heteropenaeus

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Short description: Genus of crustaceans

Heteropenaeus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Dendrobranchiata
Family: Penaeidae
Genus: Heteropenaeus
de Man, 1896
Species:
H. longimanus
Binomial name
Heteropenaeus longimanus
de Man, 1896

Heteropenaeus is a monotypic genus of shrimps belonging to the family Penaeidae.[1] Its only species is Heteropenaeus longimanus, known by the common name longarm prawn.[2][3]

The longarm prawn is widespread throughout the tropical waters of the central Indo-Pacific region, from Indonesia to Philippines and from south Japan to New-Caledonia.[3]

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