Litopenaeus setiferus

Litopenaeus setiferus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Dendrobranchiata
Family:	Penaeidae
Genus:	Litopenaeus
Species:	L. setiferus
Binomial name
	Litopenaeus setiferus; (Linnaeus, 1767)
Synonyms
	Cancer setiferus Linnaeus, 1767; Penaeus setiferus (Linnaeus, 1767);

Litopenaeus setiferus (also accepted: Penaeus setiferus,^[1] and known by various common names including Atlantic white shrimp, white shrimp, gray shrimp, lake shrimp, green shrimp, green-tailed shrimp, blue-tailed shrimp, rainbow shrimp, Daytona shrimp, Mayport Shrimp, common shrimp, southern shrimp, and, in Mexico, camaron blanco) is a species of prawn found along the Atlantic coast of North America and in the Gulf of Mexico.^[2] It was the subject of the earliest shrimp fishery in the United States.

^ "WoRMS". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2020-02-13.
^ Robert J. Muncy (1984). White shrimp (PDF) (Report). Species profiles: life histories and environmental requirements of coastal fishes and invertebrates (South Atlantic). United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. FWS/OBS-82/11.27. Retrieved 26 July 2024 – via South Carolina Department of Natural Resources.

[1] "WoRMS". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2020-02-13.

[Muncy-2] Robert J. Muncy (1984). White shrimp (PDF) (Report). Species profiles: life histories and environmental requirements of coastal fishes and invertebrates (South Atlantic). United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. FWS/OBS-82/11.27. Retrieved 26 July 2024 – via South Carolina Department of Natural Resources.

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