Farfantepenaeus aztecus
Farfantepenaeus aztecus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Dendrobranchiata |
Family: | Penaeidae |
Genus: | Farfantepenaeus |
Species: | F. aztecus
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Binomial name | |
Farfantepenaeus aztecus (Ives, 1891) [1]
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Farfantepenaeus aztecus is a species of marine
Distribution
Farfantepenaeus aztecus are found along the US Atlantic coast from Massachusetts to Texas, and along the Atlantic coast of Mexico from Tamaulipas to Campeche.[2] They live at depths of 4–160 metres (13–525 ft), with highest densities at 27–54 m (89–177 ft), on muddy, peat, sandy or clay bottoms, or amongst broken shells. Juveniles are found in marine or estuarine waters, while adults are marine.[2] This species has now been confirmed to occur in the Mediterranean, probably introduced in ship's ballast water, where it seems to be spreading and may threaten stocks of the native Melicertus kerathurus .[4] In the southern coast of Sicily (central Mediterranean Sea), the species appears well established.[5]
Description
Females reach a total length of 236 mm (9.3 in) and males 195 mm (7.7 in).[2]
Fishery
In the United States, 80,000,000 pounds (36,000 t) of F. aztecus were landed in 2010, more than half of which was from the state of Texas.[3]
Taxonomy
Farfantepenaeus aztecus was
References
- ^ De Grave, S (2012). "Farfantepenaeus aztecus". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
- ^ a b c d e "Species Fact Sheets: Penaeus aztecus (Ives, 1891)". Food and Agriculture Organization. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
- ^ a b Brown shrimp NOAA FishWatch. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
- ^ Danilo Scannella1; Fabio Falsone; Michele Luca Geraci; Carlo Froglia; Fabio Fiorentino; Giovan Battista Giusto; Bruno Zava; Gianni Insacco; Francesco Colloca (2017). "First report of Northern brown shrimp Penaeus aztecus Ives, 1891 in Strait of Sicily (in press)" (PDF). BioInvasions Records. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 January 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Thodoros E Kampouris; Francesco Tiralongo; Aleksander Golemaj; Ioannis Giovos; Nikos Doumpas; Ioannis E Batjakas (2018). "Penaeus aztecus Ives, 1891 (Decapoda, Dendrobranchiata, Penaeidae): On the range expansion in Sicilian waters and on the first record from Albanian coast" (PDF). International Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Studies. 6 (4): 468–471.
- ^ Based on data sourced from the FishStat database, FAO.
- ^ JSTOR 4061707.
- Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 110 (1): 154.
- ISBN 2-85653-510-0.
External links
- Media related to Farfantepenaeus aztecus at Wikimedia Commons