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WoRMS taxon detailsMetapenaeus affinis (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)
210397 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:210397)
accepted
Species
Metapenaeus ivanovi Hassan, 1978 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Metapenaeus mutatus (Lanchester, 1901) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Metapenaeus necopinans Hall, 1956 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Penaeus affinis H. Milne Edwards, 1837 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Penaeus mutatis Lanchester, 1902 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish,
recent only
(of Penaeus affinis H. Milne Edwards, 1837) Milne Edwards, H. (1834–1840). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, Comprenant l´Anatomie, la Physiologie et la Classification de ces Animaux, Vol I (1834): i–xxxv + 1–468, Vol. II (1837): 1–532, Vol. III (1840): 1–638; atlas: 1–32, pls. 1–42. Encyclopédique Roret, Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16170#/summary [details]
Holotype (of Penaeus affinis H. Milne Edwards, 1837),...
Holotype (of Penaeus affinis H. Milne Edwards, 1837), geounit Kerala [details]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Metapenaeus affinis (H. Milne Edwards, 1837). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=210397 on 2025-05-06
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Nomenclatureoriginal description
(of Penaeus mutatis Lanchester, 1902) Lanchester, W F. (1902). On the Crustacea collected during the 'Skeat' Expedition to the Malay Peninsula, together with a note on the genus <i>Actaeopsis</i>. Part I.—Brachyura, Stomatopoda and Macrura. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1901(3): 534–574, pls. 33–34. [details]  original description (of Metapenaeus necopinans Hall, 1956) Hall, D.N.F. (1956). The Malayan Penaeidae (Crustacea, Decapoda). Part I. Introductory notes on the species of the genera <i>Solenocera</i>, <i>Penaeus</i>, and <i>Metapenaeus</i>. <em>Bulletin of the Raffles Museum.</em> 27: 68-90. [details] Available for editors  [request]original description (of Penaeus affinis H. Milne Edwards, 1837) Milne Edwards, H. (1834–1840). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, Comprenant l´Anatomie, la Physiologie et la Classification de ces Animaux, Vol I (1834): i–xxxv + 1–468, Vol. II (1837): 1–532, Vol. III (1840): 1–638; atlas: 1–32, pls. 1–42. Encyclopédique Roret, Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16170#/summary [details] original description (of Metapenaeus ivanovi Hassan, 1978) Hassan, A.M. (1978). Shrimps of the coastal waters of Iraq and Kuwait with the description of two new species of the genus <i>Metapenaeus</i> (Crustacea, Decapoda, Penaeidae) [in Russian]. <em>Zoologicheskii Zhurnal.</em> 57: 385-390. [details] Available for editors [request]basis of record Fischer, W.; Bianchi, G. (1984). FAO Species identification sheets For Fisheries Purposes: Western Indian Ocean. <em>FAO, Rome.</em> [details] Othercontext source (Introduced species)
Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors
[request]context source (HKRMS) Lui KKY., Ng JSS.& Leung KMY. (2007). Spatio-temporal variations in the diversity and abundance of commercially important Decapoda and Stomatopoda in subtropical Hong Kong waters. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 72: pp 635-647. [details] additional source Pérez Farfante, I.; Kensley, B. (1997). Penaeoid and sergestoid shrimps and prawns of the world. Keys and diagnoses for the families and genera. <em>Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 175: 1-233. [details] Available for editors [request]additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]additional source De Grave, S.; Fransen, C.H.J.M. (2011). Carideorum catalogus: the recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). <em>Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden.</em> 85(9): 195-589. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details] additional source Kubo, I. (1954). Systematic studies on the Japanese macrurous decapod Crustacea. 2. On two penaeids, <i>Metapenaeus affinis</i> (H. Milne Edwards) and <i>M. burkenroadi</i>, nom. nov., erected on the Japanese form known as <i>M. affinis</i>. <em>Journal of the Tokyo University of Fisheries.</em> 41: 89-93. [details] Available for editors [request] Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype (of Penaeus affinis H. Milne Edwards, 1837), geounit Kerala [details]
Nontype ESFM MAL/ 2008-999, geounit Izmir Bay [details]
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal in Turkish part of the Aegean Sea (Marine Region) : Shipping [details]
To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Penaeus affinis H. Milne Edwards, 1837) To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Metapenaeus affinis) To GenBank (50 nucleotides; 70 proteins) To MNHN Type collection (IU 2014-22299) (from synonym Penaeus affinis H. Milne Edwards, 1837) To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ Metapenaeus affinis) To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (27 records) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (4 records) (from synonym Metapenaeus mutatus (Lanchester, 1901)) To ITIS |
