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MeSH Heading: Penaeidae
Tree Number(s): B01.050.500.131.365.190.660
Unique ID: D033561
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D033561
Annotation: as animal & food; as food coord IM with SHELLFISH (IM); unspecified shrimp as food probably goes here but note several other shrimp terms in MeSH
Scope Note: A family of CRUSTACEA, order DECAPODA, comprising the penaeid shrimp. Species of the genus Penaeus are the most important commercial shrimp throughout the world.
Entry Term(s): Metapenaeus; Penaeid Shrimp; Penaeus; Shrimp, Penaeid
Related Numbers: txid133894; txid32277
Public MeSH Note: 2003
History Note: 2003
Date Established: 2003/01/01
Date of Entry: 2002/07/03
Revision Date: 2020/08/13

Allowable Qualifiers: anatomy & histology (AH)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

cytology (CY)

drug effects (DE)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathogenicity (PY)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Penaeidae MeSH Descriptor Data 2024