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Penaeus vannamei (Pacific white shrimp, JL-2024) (ASM4276789v1) ▼

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About Penaeus vannamei

Whiteleg shrimp, also known as Pacific white shrimp (Penaeus vannamei) or King prawn or White shrimp, is a species of prawn of the eastern Pacific Ocean commonly caught or farmed for food.

Picture credit: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons (Image source) Taxonomy ID 6689

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Taxonomy ID 6689

Data source Guangdong Ocean University

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Genome assembly: ASM4276789v1

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