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Descriptor English: Penaeidae
Descriptor Spanish: Penaeidae
Descriptor Penaeidae
Scope note: Familia CRUSTACEA, orden DECAPODA, a la que pertenece el camarón peneido. Las especies de este género Penaeus son las más importantes del mundo en términos de comercio del camarón.
Descriptor Portuguese: Penaeidae
Descriptor French: Penaeidae
Entry term(s): Metapenaeus
Penaeid Shrimp
Penaeid Shrimps
Penaeus
Shrimp, Penaeid
Shrimps, Penaeid
Tree number(s): B01.050.500.131.365.190.660
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D033561
Scope note: A family of CRUSTACEA, order DECAPODA, comprising the penaeid shrimp. Species of the genus Penaeus are the most important commercial shrimp throughout the world.
Annotation: as animal & food; as food coord IM with SHELLFISH (IM); unspecified shrimp as food probably goes here but note several other shrimp terms in MeSH
Allowable Qualifiers: AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 2003
History Note: 2003
DeCS ID: 36553
Unique ID: D033561
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Date Established: 2003/01/01
Date of Entry: 2002/07/03
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Penaeidae - Preferred
Concept UI M0403143
Scope note A family of CRUSTACEA, order DECAPODA, comprising the penaeid shrimp. Species of the genus Penaeus are the most important commercial shrimp throughout the world.
Preferred term Penaeidae
Entry term(s) Penaeid Shrimp
Penaeid Shrimps
Shrimp, Penaeid
Shrimps, Penaeid
Penaeus - Narrower
Concept UI M0403144
Preferred term Penaeus
Metapenaeus - Narrower
Concept UI M0403145
Preferred term Metapenaeus



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