white shrimp

Palaemon argentinus

Classification

Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Palaemonidae

Whiteleg shrimp (Penaeus (Litopenaeus) vannamei, synonyms Litopenaeus vannamei, Penaeus vannamei), also known as Pacific white shrimp or King prawn or White shrimp, is a species of prawn of the eastern Pacific Ocean commonly caught or farmed for food. Description Litopenaeus vannamei grows to a maximum length of 230 mm (9. 1 in), with a carapace length of 90 mm (3.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Argentina · 13

Sources and credits

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white shrimp

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