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Penaeus hathor

Status not recordedcrustaceans

Penaeus hathor is a species in the family Penaeidae, order Decapoda.

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Quick facts about Penaeus hathor

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does Penaeus hathor live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Penaeus hathor as introduced in 3 countries.

  1. Greece
  2. Israel
  3. Türkiye

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is Penaeus hathor endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Penaeus hathor classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classMalacostraca
  4. orderDecapoda
  5. familyPenaeidae
  6. genusPenaeus
  7. SpeciesPenaeus hathor (Burkenroad, 1959)

Synonyms Melicertus hathor, Melicertus latisulcatus hathor, Palaemon latisulcatus hathor, Penaeus latisulcatus hathor

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Penaeus hathor

Other species in the same genus Penaeus.

Zebra prawn

Penaeus semisulcatus

PenaeidaeNo free photo yet

Blue shrimp

Penaeus stylirostris

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is Penaeus hathor an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Penaeus hathor as introduced in 3 countries: Greece, Israel and Türkiye, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is Penaeus hathor?

Penaeus hathor (Penaeus hathor) belongs to the family Penaeidae in the order Decapoda.

Sources and how to cite this page

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Penaeus hathor (Penaeus hathor). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/penaeus-hathor

MLA

“Penaeus hathor (Penaeus hathor).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/penaeus-hathor.

BibTeX
@misc{penaeus_hathor_2026,
  title = {Penaeus hathor (Penaeus hathor)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/penaeus-hathor},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}