Penaeus is a genus of prawns, including the giant tiger prawn (P. monodon), the most important species of farmed crustacean worldwide.

Penaeus monodon, commonly known as the giant tiger prawn, [1][2] Asian tiger shrimp, [3][4] black tiger shrimp, [5][6] and other names, is a marine crustacean that is widely reared for food. Penaeus monodon was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1798.

Penaeus monodon is found at depths from 0 to 110 m, inhabiting bottom mud and sand. Giant tiger prawn live in brackish, estuarine (juveniles) and marine (adults) environments (FAO, 1980).

Mar 30, 2017 · Prior to the year 2000, Penaeus (Penaeus) monodon was the dominant cultivated shrimp species in Asia. This began to change starting around that year with increasing adoption of domesticated, specific pathogen free (SPF) P. (Litopenaeus) vannamei as the species of first choice for shrimp farmers worldwide.

stematic Position Penaeoid prawn belongs to the largest phylum in the Animal Kingdom, the Arthropoda, characterized by jointed appendages and an exoskeleton or cuticle which is pe. odically molted. There are thousands of terrestrial species in this phylum, and large, predominately aquatic subphyl.

Young giant tiger prawns are most com­monly found in es­tu­ar­ies, la­goons and man­groves; they are very tol­er­ant to a range of salin­ity lev­els from 2-30 ppt. Adults move into deeper wa­ters …

Penaeus monodon was one of six species of penaeid shrimp transported to Hawaii for aquaculture and research between 1978-1991. Some individuals escaped from culture ponds during flooding, but no populations are thought to be established (Eldredge 1994).

Penaeus monodon, commonly known as the giant tiger prawn, Asian tiger shrimp, black tiger shrimp, and other names, is a marine crustacean that is widely reared for food.

Asian Tiger Shrimp, camarón tigre gigante, crevette géante tigrée, giant tiger prawn. Penaeus monodon, the Asian Tiger Shrimp, has a wide Indo-Pacific native range spanning from the Red Sea and South Africa to Australia, Fiji, and Japan.

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