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Metapenaeus Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891a 
AphiaID: 106818

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Eucarida (Superorder) > Decapoda (Order) > Dendrobranchiata (Suborder) > Penaeoidea (Superfamily) > Penaeidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
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Rank Genus
Typetaxon Penaeus affinis H. Milne Edwards, 1837 [in H. Milne Edwards, 1834-1840] (type by original designation)
Parent Penaeidae Rafinesque, 1815
Synonymised
taxa
  Mangalura Miers, 1878
Sources  original description: Wood-Mason, J.; Alcock, A. (1891). Natural history notes from H.M. Indian marine survey steamer 'Investigator', Commander R.F. Hoskyn, R.N., commanding. Series II, No. 1. On the results of deep-sea dredging during the season 1890-1891 Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. VIII, Sixth series(XLVI): 268-286 (look up in IMIS[details]

basis of record: Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS[details]

basis of record: Barnard, K.H., 1950. Descriptive catalogue of South African decapod Crustacea (crabs and shrimps).— Annals of the South African Museum 38: 1-837. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: De Grave, S. & C.H.J.M. Fransen. (2011). Carideorum catalogus: the recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). Zool. Med. Leiden 85(9): 30.ix.2011: 195-589 figs 1-59. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

original description (from synonym): Miers, E.J., 1878. Notes on the Penæidæ in the collection of the British Museum, with descriptions of some new species.— Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1878: 298-310.  [details] [view taxon]

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 Species Metapenaeus affinis (H.Milne Edwards, 1837 [in Milne Edwards, 1834-1840])
Species Metapenaeus alcocki M.J. George & Rao, 1968
Species Metapenaeus anchistus (De Man, 1920)
Species Metapenaeus arabicus Hassan, 1978
Species Metapenaeus bennettae Racek & Dall, 1965
Species Metapenaeus brevicornis (H.Milne Edwards, 1837 [in Milne Edwards, 1834-1840])
Species Metapenaeus conjunctus Racek & Dall, 1965
Species Metapenaeus dalli Racek, 1957
Species Metapenaeus demani (Roux, 1921)
Species Metapenaeus dobsoni (Miers, 1878)
Species Metapenaeus eboracensis Dall, 1957
Species Metapenaeus elegans De Man, 1907
Species Metapenaeus endeavouri (Schmitt, 1926)
Species Metapenaeus ensis (De Haan, 1844 [in De Haan, 1833-1850])
Species Metapenaeus insolitus Racek & Dall, 1965
Species Metapenaeus intermedius (Kishinouye, 1900)
Species Metapenaeus joyneri (Miers, 1880)
Species Metapenaeus krishnatrii Silas & Muthu, 1976
Species Metapenaeus kutchensis P.C. George, M.J. George & Rao, 1963
Species Metapenaeus lysianassa (De Man, 1888)
Species Metapenaeus macleayi (Haswell, 1879)
Species Metapenaeus monoceros (Fabricius, 1798)
Species Metapenaeus motohi Shinomiya & Sakai, 2009
Species Metapenaeus moyebi (Kishinouye, 1896)
Species Metapenaeus papuensis Racek & Dall, 1965
Species Metapenaeus stebbingi Nobili, 1904
Species Metapenaeus suluensis Racek & Dall, 1965
Species Metapenaeus tenuipes Kubo, 1949

Species Metapenaeus tweedii Morris & Bennett, 1952 (nomen nudum)

Species Metapenaeus bengalensis Tirmizi, 1971 accepted as Metapenaeus papuensis Racek & Dall, 1965
Species Metapenaeus burkenroadi Kubo, 1954 accepted as Metapenaeus moyebi (Kishinouye, 1896)
Species Metapenaeus cognatus Nobili, 1904 accepted as Metapenaeus monoceros (Fabricius, 1798)
Species Metapenaeus coniger Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891 accepted as Metapenaeopsis coniger (Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891)
Species Metapenaeus consobrinus Nobili, 1904 accepted as Metapenaeopsis mogiensis consobrina (Nobili, 1904)
Species Metapenaeus deschampsi Nobili, 1903 accepted as Metapenaeus monoceros (Fabricius, 1798)
Species Metapenaeus evermanni Rathbun, 1906 accepted as Metapenaeopsis evermanni (Rathbun, 1906)
Species Metapenaeus ivanovi Hassan, 1978 accepted as Metapenaeus affinis (H.Milne Edwards, 1837 [in Milne Edwards, 1834-1840])
Species Metapenaeus mastersii Hall, 1962 accepted as Metapenaeus ensis (De Haan, 1844 [in De Haan, 1833-1850])
Species Metapenaeus mobilispinis Rathbun, 1915 accepted as Trachypenaeopsis mobilispinis (Rathbun, 1915)
Species Metapenaeus mutatus (Lanchester, 1901) accepted as Metapenaeus affinis (H.Milne Edwards, 1837 [in Milne Edwards, 1834-1840])
Species Metapenaeus necopinans Hall, 1956 accepted as Metapenaeus affinis (H.Milne Edwards, 1837 [in Milne Edwards, 1834-1840])
Species Metapenaeus palaestinensis Steinitz, 1932 accepted as Trachysalambria curvirostris (Stimpson, 1860)
Species Metapenaeus perlarum Nobili, 1905 accepted as Metapenaeopsis mogiensis consobrina (Nobili, 1904)
Species Metapenaeus philippinensis Motoh & Muthu, 1979 accepted as Metapenaeus ensis (De Haan, 1844 [in De Haan, 1833-1850])
Species Metapenaeus spinulatus Kubo, 1949 accepted as Metapenaeus tenuipes Kubo, 1949
Species Metapenaeus stridulans Alcock, 1905 accepted as Metapenaeopsis stridulans (Alcock, 1905)
Species Metapenaeus vaillanti Nobili, 1904 accepted as Metapenaeopsis vaillanti (Nobili, 1904)
Environment marine
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106818
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Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Türkay, Michael
2006-09-25 06:54:45Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2010-09-09 08:44:48Z  changed  De Grave, Sammy
  
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  Citation: De Grave, S.; Türkay, M. (2013). Metapenaeus Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891a. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106818 on 2013-06-18
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