White Shrimp: The Fruit of the Sea
Classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Dendrobranchiata
Family: Penaeidae
Genus: Penaeus
Species: Penaeus setiferus
Animalia-
Shrimp fall under the kingdom
Animalia because they are multi-cellular organisms that contain
a true nucleus in their cells. They are motile and
heterotrophic.
Arthropoda- Shrimp have a
chitinous exoskeleton and segmented bodies. They also have
jointed appendages.
Crustacacea- Shrimp have
two parts to their segmented bodies. They have a
cephalothorax and an abdomen. Shrimp also belong to the
subphylum Crustacea because they have two pairs of antennae and
mandibles.
Malacostraca- Shrimp fall
into the class Malacostraca because they have six segments to
their head, eight segments to the thorax, and six segments
to
their abdomen.
Decapoda- As the name
implies members of this order have ten legs. Shrimp have
eight pairs of appendages. The first three pairs are used
as parts of the mouth and the last five pairs are used as legs.
Dendrobranchiata- Shrimp
belong to this suborder because they have a branching gill
structure.
Penaeidae- Organisms of
this Family have a lateral line of sense-like organs on their
antennae.
Penaeus- White shrimp are
placed in this genus based on their genital characteristics.
Penaeus setiferus- White
Shrimp are given the species name Penaeus setiferus. The
first word of a scientific name is the genus name and the second
name distinguishes the individual species in that genus.
Setiferus means that the organism has bristles.
