''Litopenaeus'' is a genus of
prawns
Prawn is a common name for small aquatic crustaceans with an exoskeleton and ten legs (members of the order of decapods), some of which are edible.
The term ''prawn''Mortenson, Philip B (2010''This is not a weasel: a close look at nature's most ...
, formerly included in the genus ''
Penaeus
''Penaeus'' is a genus of prawns, including the giant tiger prawn (''P. monodon''), the most important species of farmed crustacean worldwide. Taxonomy
The genus has been reorganised following a proposition of Pérez Farfante and Kensley bas ...
''.
It contains five species:
Parasites
''Litopenaeus'' is a suspected host of ''
Vibrio parahaemolyticus
''Vibrio parahaemolyticus'' (V. parahaemolyticus) is a curved, rod-shaped, Gram-negative bacterial species found in the sea and in estuaries which, when ingested, may cause gastrointestinal illness in humans. ''V. parahaemolyticus'' is oxidas ...
'', a pathogen of humans.
References
Penaeidae
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