Whiteleg shrimp

Whiteleg shrimp
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Dendrobranchiata
Family: Penaeidae
Genus: Litopenaeus
Species:
L. vannamei
Binomial name
Litopenaeus vannamei
(Boone, 1931) 
Synonyms

Penaeus vannamei Boone, 1931

Whiteleg shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei, synonym 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.

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