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Litopenaeus
Genus of crustaceans From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Litopenaeus is a genus of prawns, formerly included in the genus Penaeus.[2] It contains five species:[3]
- Litopenaeus occidentalis (Streets, 1871)
- Litopenaeus schmitti (Burkenroad, 1936)
- Litopenaeus setiferus (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Litopenaeus stylirostris (Stimpson, 1871)
- Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone, 1931)
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Parasites
Litopenaeus is a suspected host of Vibrio parahaemolyticus, a pathogen of humans.
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