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Definition of Genus peneus
1. Noun. Type genus of the family Peneidae.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Family Peneidae, Peneidae
Member holonyms: Tropical Prawn
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Peneus
Literary usage of Genus peneus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Science, and Annals of Astronomy, Biology, Geology by James Samuelson, William Crookes (1865)
"... genus Peneus, which quits its egg, not under the form of a Zoea, but under
that of a true Nauplius, perfectly similar to those of the Entomostraca. ..."
2. Degeneration: A Chapter in Darwinism by Edwin Ray Lankester (1880)
"Adult shrimp of the genus Peneus. and the animals to which it is allied, we are
justified in concluding that the tadpole is a recapitulative phase of ..."
3. Facts and Arguments for Darwin by Fritz Müller (1869)
"But not a single characteristic of this section is retained by the brood of some
Prawns belonging to the genus Peneus or in its vicinity. ..."
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