Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Eucarida > Order Decapoda > Suborder Dendrobranchiata > Superfamily Penaeoidea > Family Benthesicymidae > Genus Amalopenaeus

Amalopenaeus elegans Smith, 1882

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Amalopenaeus*	Smith, 1882	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Gennadas elegans*	(Smith, 1882)	synonym

Literature

original description	Smith, S.I. (1882). Reports on the results of dredging under the supervisión of Alexander Agassiz, on the east coast of the United States during the summer of 1880, by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. Bulletin of the Museum of comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 10(1): 1-108, pls. 1-16.
basis of record	De Grave, S.; Fransen, C.H.J.M. (2011). Carideorum catalogus: the recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden. 85(9): 195-589.

Genbank

Citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Amalopenaeus elegans Smith, 1882. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:584920