Genus Metapenaeopsis Bouvier, 1905

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• Metapenaeopsis Bouvier, E.-L. 1905. Sur les Pénéides et les Sténopides recueillis par les expéditions françaises et monégasques dans l'Atlantique oriental. Comptes Rendus (Hebdomadaires) des Séances de l'Academie des Sciences. Série D. Sciences Naturelles 140: 980-983 [981] [name placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology, see International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1969. Opinion 864. Penaeid generic names (Crustacea, Decapoda): addition of twenty-eight to the Official List. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 25: 138–147, Name No. 1819 (139); gender feminine].

  Type species:

   Metapenaeus pubescens Bouvier, 1905 (gender feminine) by monotypy (= Penaeopsis miersi Holthuis, 1952).

  Secondary source:

   International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1969. Opinion 864. Penaeid generic names (Crustacea, Decapoda): addition of twenty-eight to the Official List. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 25: 138-147.
• Ceratopenaeus Kishinouye, K. 1929. Penaeid crustaceans with asymmetrical petasma. Proceedings of the Imperial Academy of Japan 5: 280-283 [282].

  Type species:

   Parapenaeus mogiensis Rathbun, 1902 by subsequent designation, see Pérez Farfante, I. & Kensley, B. 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, Paris [1936-1950] 175: 1-233 [102].
• Archipenaeopsis Bouvier, E.L. 1905. Sur les Macroures nageurs (abstraction faite des Carides), recueillis par les expéditions américaines du Hassler et du Blake. Comptes Rendus (Hebdomadaires) des Séances de l'Academie des Sciences. Série D. Sciences Naturelles 141: 746-749 [747].

  Type species:

   Archipenaeopsis vestitus Bouvier, 1905 by monotypy (= Metapenaeopsis goodei (Smith, 1885)).
• Leptopenaeus Kishinouye, K. 1929. Penaeid crustaceans with asymmetrical petasma. Proceedings of the Imperial Academy of Japan 5: 280-283 [282].

  Type species:

   Penaeus philippii Bate, 1881 (=Penaeus philippi Spence Bate, 1881) by subsequent designation, see Pérez Farfante, I. & Kensley, B. 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, Paris [1936-1950] 175: 1-233 [102].
• Erythropenaeus Kishinouye, K. 1929. Penaeid crustaceans with asymmetrical petasma. Proceedings of the Imperial Academy of Japan 5: 280-283 [283].

  Type species:

   Parapenaeus akayebi Rathbun, 1902 (=Erythropenaeus akayebi (Rathbun, 1902)) by subsequent designation, see Pérez Farfante, I. & Kensley, B. 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, Paris [1936-1950] 175: 1-233 [102].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Pérez Farfante, I. & Kensley, B. 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, Paris [1936-1950] 175: 1-233 [102]
• De Grave, S. & Fransen, C.H.J.M. 2011. Carideorum Catalogus: The recent species of the Dendrobrachiate, Stenopodidean, Procarididean and Caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 85(9): 195-589, figs 1-59 [218]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific, West Atlantic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Lord Howe Province (14), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Other Regions

Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands

Distribution References

General References

Crosnier, A. 1991. Crustacea Decapoda: Les Metapenaeopsis indo-ouest-pacifiques sans appareil stridulant (Penaeidae). Deuxième partie. pp. 155-297 in Crosnier, A. Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Volume 9. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 152(A): 1-520 (key to species)

Crosnier, A. 1994. Crustacea Decapoda: Penaeoidea récoltés lors de la campagne Karubar en Indonésie. pp. 367-373 in Crosnier, A. (ed.). Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Volume 12. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 161: 1-569 (key to species)

 

History of changes

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