Species Metapenaeus conjunctus Racek & Dall, 1965
- Metapenaeus conjunctus Racek, A.A. & Dall, W. 1965. Littoral Penaeinae (Crustacea Decapoda) from northern Australia, New Guinea and adjacent waters. Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen [Verh. Akad. Amsterdam] 56(3): 1-119 figs 1-16 pls 1-13 [64 fig. 12, pl. 5 figs 8, 9, pl. 11 fig. 1].
Type data:
Holotype AM ♂, mouth of Tuaran River, Sabah, Malaysia.
Paratype(s) AM 2♀; RMNH 23294 ♂.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-Malaysian region (E coast of Peninsula Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines).
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, estuary, pelagic.
Extra Ecological Information
Typically brackish inshore waters, depth to about 15 m.
General References
Miquel, J.C. 1982. Le genre Metapenaeus (Crustacea, Penaeidae): taxonomie, biologie et pêches mondiales. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 195: 1-137 [66] (Australian record, diagnosis and figure)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 24-Apr-2012 | 24-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |