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Definition of Peneidae
1. Noun. Tropical prawns.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Natantia, Suborder Natantia
Member holonyms: Genus Peneus, Peneus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Peneidae
Literary usage of Peneidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1904)
"... a genus of the Peneidae, defined. Key to the Indian species. ... a genus of
Peneidae, defined. Key to the species. ..."
2. The Voyage of the "Challenger.": The Atlantic; a Preliminary Account of the by Charles Wyville Thomson (1878)
"... very prominent on account of their brilliant scarlet color, nine large shrimps
representing six species —one referred to the family of the Peneidae, ..."
3. A Manual of Zoology by Richard Hertwig (1912)
"... during development (Peneidae excepted) and become strong walking legs, terminated
either with claws or pincers (chela;). Usually the first pair is ..."
4. Natural History of the American Lobster by Francis Hobart Herrick (1911)
"... including the Peneidae, Alpheidae, Pandalidae, Crangonidae, and Palaemonidae; (4)
the Palinuridae, variously known as spiny, thorny, or rock lobsters, ..."
5. Facts and Arguments for Darwin by Fritz Müller (1869)
"... the most striking examples in the still unknown developmental history of the
various Schizo- poda, Peneidae, and, indeed, of the Macrura in general. ..."
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