The Pemberley Bookshop

Why not come and peruse our comprehensive range of natural history titles at our well stocked bookshop, where you can also receive our expert advice. Click here for details of our shop.

Penaeoid and Sergestoid Shrimps and Prawns of the World: Keys and Diagnoses for the Families and Genera

by Perez Farfante, I.; Kensley, B.F.

Series : Memoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle
Volume: 175
Publisher : MNHN
Published In : Paris
Illustrations : 143 text figs

Our customers have not yet submitted a review for this title - click here to be the first to write a review

Description:

Presents a study of the taxonomy of the penaeidean shrimps of the world. This group of shrirnp includes many of the commercially important marine species of the tropics and subtropics, as weil as many of the species that constitute a major link in the food chain of the oceans. The works present keys for the identification of seven families (the Aristeidae, Benthesicymidae, Penaeidae, Sicyoniidae, Solenoceridae, Luciferidae, and Sergestidae) and 56 genera, as weil as diagnoses that attempt to defi ne these taxa with scientific clarity. Also included are lists of the species and subspecies currently included in these genera, along with their geographie distribution, and a full bibliography.