Family Penaeidae Key

Key: Family Penaeidae

Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Crustacea
Class Malacostraca
   Subclass Eumalacostraca
    Superorder Eucarida
     Order Decapoda
      [Informal Group] Natantia
      Suborder Dendrobranchiata

See also Wicksten, 2009 pages 16 and 22

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1a Curved transverse grooves on the carapace interrupted by the median ridge; telson with 2 pairs of stout, movable spines Bentheogennema borealis

1b Curved transverse grooves on the carapace not interrupted by the median ridge; telson with only 1 pair of stout, movable spines Bentheogennema burkenroadi

Taxonomic Levels Represented in This Key:

Bentheogennema borealis
Bentheogennema burkenroadi

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1a	Curved transverse grooves on the carapace interrupted by the median ridge; telson with 2 pairs of stout, movable spines	Bentheogennema borealis
1b	Curved transverse grooves on the carapace not interrupted by the median ridge; telson with only 1 pair of stout, movable spines	Bentheogennema burkenroadi