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Metapenaeopsis miersi (Holthuis, 1952) 
AphiaID: 240801

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Eucarida (Superorder) > Decapoda (Order) > Dendrobranchiata (Suborder) > Penaeoidea (Superfamily) > Penaeidae (Family) > Metapenaeopsis (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Metapenaeopsis Bouvier, 1905b
Synonymised
taxa
  Metapenaeopsis pubescens Bouvier, 1905 (synonym)
Penaeopsis miersi Holthuis, 1952
Sources  basis of record: Charles H.J.M. Fransen (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Pérez Farfante, I. & B. Kensley, 1997. Penaeoid and sergestoid shrimps and prawns of the world. Keys and diagnoses for the families and genera.— Mémoires du Muséum National d’Histoire naturelle 175: 1-233. [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]

from synonym: Holthuis, L.B., 1952a. Crustacés Décapodes, Macrures. [Crustacea Decapoda, Macrura]. Expédition océanographique belge dans les eaux côtières africaines de l'Atlantique Sud (1948-1949): résultats scientifiques, 3(2). Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique: Bruxelles, Belgium. 87 pp. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Bouvier, E.-L., 1905b. Sur les Pénéides et les Sténopides receuillis par les expéditions françaises et monégasques dans l’Atlantique oriental.— Comptes Rendus hebdomadaires des Séances de l’Académie des Sciences 140: 980-983.  [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Angola [details]
Angra de Cintra (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
FAO fishing area 34 [details]
FAO fishing area 47 [details]
Mauritania [details]
South East Atlantic (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Specimen  Holotype (from synonym) , locality Cape Verde (Canal de St. Vincent à St. Antoine) [view taxon]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Shrimp Collection
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:240801
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2007-06-04 11:36:54Z  created  Fransen, Charles
2010-09-09 15:15:28Z  changed  De Grave, Sammy
  
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  Citation: De Grave, S.; Fransen, C. (2013). Metapenaeopsis miersi (Holthuis, 1952). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=240801 on 2013-05-23
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