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Penaeus maddeni

Status not recordedcrustaceansExtinct

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

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Quick facts about Penaeus maddeni

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 maddeni live?

Not recorded

Is Penaeus maddeni 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 maddeni classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classMalacostraca
  4. orderDecapoda
  5. familyPenaeidae
  6. genusPenaeus
  7. SpeciesPenaeus maddeni Feldmann, Chirino-Galvez, Mason, Anderson, Duncan, Ward & Salem, 1993

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Penaeus maddeni

Other species in the same genus Penaeus.

Zebra prawn

Penaeus semisulcatus

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Blue shrimp

Penaeus stylirostris

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is Penaeus maddeni?

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

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Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

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

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{penaeus_maddeni_2026,
  title = {Penaeus maddeni (Penaeus maddeni)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/penaeus-maddeni},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}