Penaeoid Prawns - Superfamily: Penaeoidea
Family: Aristeidae
Giant Red Shrimp - Aristaeomorpha foliacaea
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Scarlet Gamba Prawn - Aristaeopsis edwardsiana
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Stout Red Shrimp - Aristeus virilis
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Austropenaeus nitidus
Cerataspis monstrosus
Hepomadus tener
Family: Benthesicymidae
Maorrancaris investigatoris
Family: Penaeidae
Coral Shrimp - Kishinouyepenaeopsis cornuta
Torpedo Shrimp - Kishinouyepenaeopsis maxillipedo
Humpback Prawn - Netapenaeopsis lamellata
Mogi Velvet Prawn - Metapenaeopsis mogiensis
Northern Velvet Prawn - Metapenaeopsis novaeguinea
Southern Velvet Prawn - Metapenaeopsis palmensis
Metapenaeopsis provocatoria
Metapenaeopsis velutina
Bay Prawn - Metapenaeus bennettae
Offshore Greasyback Prawn - Metapenaeus ensis
School Prawn - Metapenaeus macleayi
Australian Rose Shrimp - Parapenaeus australiensis
Domino Shrimp - Parapenaeus sextuberculatus
Red-flecked Prawn - Penaepsis eduardoi
Brown Tiger Prawn - Penaeus esculentes
Indian White Prawn - Penaeus indicus
Western King Prawn - Penaeus latisulcatus
Redspot King Prawn - Penaeus longistylus
Banana Prawn - Penaeus merguiensis
Giant Tiger Prawn - Penaeus monodon
Eastern King Prawn - Penaeus plebejus
Hardback Shrimp - Trachypenaeus anchoralis
Family: Sicyoniidae
Knight Rock Shrimp - Sicyonia lancifer
Family: Solenoceridae
Cryptopenaeus crosnieri
Haliporoides cristatus (possible occurrence)
Jack-knife Shrimp - Haliporoides sibogae
Hymenopenaeus neptunus (possible occurrence)
Hymenopenaeus propinquus (likely occurrence)
Mesopenaeus brucei
Ridgeback Shrimp - Solenocera choprai
Solenocera faxoni (possible occurrence)
Comb Shrimp - Solenocera pectinata
Solenocera pectinulata
Solenocera rathbuni (possible occurrence)
Taxonomy:
Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
> Subphylum: Crustacea (Crustaceans)
> Superclass: Multicrustacea (Typical Crustaceans)
> Class: Malacostraca (Malacostracans)
> Subclass: Eumalocostraca (Decapods, Isopods and Allies)
> Superorder: Eucarida (Decapods and Krill)
> Order: Decapoda (Decapods)
> Suborder: Dendrobrachiata (Panaeid and Sergestid Prawns)
> Superfamily: Penaeioidea (Penaeid Prawns)
> Family: Aristeidae
> Genus: Aristaeomorpha
> Species: A. foliacaea - Giant Red Shrimp
> Genus: Aristaeopsis
> Species: A. edwardsiana - Scarlet Gamba Prawn
> Genus: Aristeus
> Species: A. virilis - Stout Red Shrimp
> Genus: Austropenaeus
> Species: A. nitidus
> Genus: Cerataspis
> Species: C. monstrosus
> Genus: Hepomadus
> Species: H. tener
> Family: Benthesicymidae
> Genus: Maorrancaris
> Species: M. investigatoris
> Family: Penaeidae
> Genus: Kishinouyepenaeopsis
> Species: K. cornuta - Coral Shrimp
> Species: K. maxillipedo - Torpedo Shrimp
> Genus: Metapenaeopsis
> Species: M. lamellata - Humpback Prawn
> Species: M. mogiensis - Mogi Velvet Prawn
> Species: M. novaeguineae - Northern Velvet Prawn
> Species: M. palmensis - Southern Velvet Prawn
> Species: M. provocatoria
> Species: M. velutina
> Genus: Metapenaeus
> Species: M. bennettae - Bay Prawn
> Species: M. ensis - Offshore Greasyback Prawn
> Species: M. macleayi - School Prawn
> Genus: Parapenaeus
> Species: P. australiensis - Australian Rose Shrimp
> Species: P. sextuberculatus - Domino Shrimp
> Genus: Penaeopsis
> Species: P. eduardoi - Red-flecked Prawn #
> Genus: Penaeus
> Species: P. esculentes - Brown Tiger Prawn
> Species: P. indicus - Indian White Prawn
> Species: P. latisulcatus - Western King Prawn
> Species: P. longistylus - Redspot King Prawn
> Species: P. merguiensis - Banana Prawn
> Species: P. monodon - Giant Tiger Prawn
> Species: P. plebejus - Eastern King Prawn
> Genus: Trachypenaeus
> Species: T. anchoralis - Hardback Shrimp
> Family: Sicyoniidae
> Genus: Sicyonia
> Species: S. lancifer - Knight Rock Shrimp
> Family: Solenoceridae
> Genus: Cryptopenaeus
> Species: C. crosnieri
> Genus: Haliporoides
> Species: H. cristatus ^
> Species: H. sibogae - Jack-knife Shrimp
> Genus: Hymenopenaeus
> Species: H. neptunus ^
> Species: H. propinquus *
> Genus: Mesopenaeus
> Species: M. brucei
> Genus: Solenocera
> Species: S. choprai - Ridgeback Shrimp
> Species: S. faxoni ^
> Species: S. pectinata - Comb Shrimp ^
> Species: S. pectinulata
> Species: S. rathbuni ^
^ = possibly
* = likely
# = species listed in A.L.A. but not to be found on iNaturalist. First described in 1977
References and links:
> Perez Farfante, I., (1977). 'Penaeopsis eduardoi, a new species of shrimp (Crustacea : Penaeidae) from the Indo-West Pacific.' Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 90 (1), pp 172 - 182.
> Perez Farfante, I., (1977). 'Penaeopsis eduardoi, a new species of shrimp (Crustacea : Penaeidae) from the Indo-West Pacific.' Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 90 (1), pp 172 - 182.
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