North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS name details

Litopenaeus setiferus (Linnaeus, 1767)

AphiaID

158336 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158336)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Penaeus setiferus (Linnaeus, 1767) accepted as Penaeus (Litopenaeus) setiferus (Linnaeus, 1767)

Rank

Species

Parent

Litopenaeus Pérez Farfante, 1969 accepted as Penaeus (Litopenaeus) Pérez Farfante, 1969

Original name

Cancer setiferus Linnaeus, 1767

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii. pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details]

Taxonomic citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Litopenaeus setiferus (Linnaeus, 1767). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=158336 on 2026-07-18

Regional species database citation

NARMS (2026). Litopenaeus setiferus (Linnaeus, 1767). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=158336 on 2026-07-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-25 08:24:16Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2008-12-10 10:07:28Z

changed

Decock, Wim

2010-09-09 15:21:07Z

checked

De Grave, Sammy

2014-05-27 07:54:58Z

changed

Fransen, Charles

2022-08-29 13:38:49Z

changed

De Grave, Sammy

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original description (of ) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii. pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details]

basis of record Williams, A. B. (1984). Shrimps, Lobsters, and Crabs of the Atlantic Coast of the Eastern United States, Maine to Florida. Smithsonian Institution Press. [details] Available for editors

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

additional source Pérez Farfante, I.; Kensley, B. (1997). Penaeoid and sergestoid shrimps and prawns of the world. Keys and diagnoses for the families and genera. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire naturelle. 175: 1-233. [details] Available for editors

additional source Felder, D.L., Álvarez, F.,; Goy, J.W.; Lemaitre, R. (2009). Decapoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, with comments on the Amphionidacea, In: Felder, D.L., and Camp, D.K. (eds), Gulf of Mexico - Origins, Waters, and Biota. Vol. 1. Biodiversity. Pp. 1019–1104 (Texas A&M University Press: College Station, Texas). , available online at https://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/31408/31408.pdf [details]

additional source De Grave, S.; Fransen, C.H.J.M. (2011). Carideorum catalogus: the recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden. 85(9): 195-589. (look up in IMIS) [details]