Species Metapenaeus insolitus Racek & Dall, 1965
Emerald Shrimp (Fao), Greasyback Prawn (Aust)
- Metapenaeus insolitus 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 [69 fig. 13a-c, pls 6, 11].
Type data:
Holotype AM P14398 ♀, Chambers Bay, NT.
Paratype(s) AM P14399 ♂ (as allotype); AM P14400 2♂ 7♀; AM P14349 1♂; AM P14717 9 specimens; AM P14718 4 specimens; AM P14818 5 specimens; RMNH D23306 4 specimens.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, estuary, marine, pelagic.
Trade
minor commercial importance
Extra Ecological Information
Found from brackish into coastal waters over sandy to muddy substrates, depths of 4 to 35 m, but commonly less than 8 m.
General References
Grey, D.L., Dall, W. & Baker, A. 1983. A Guide to the Australian Penaeid Prawns. Darwin : Northern Territory Government Printing Office 140 pp. 51 colour pls. [94] (colour photograph)
Miquel, J.C. 1982. Le genre Metapenaeus (Crustacea, Penaeidae): taxonomie, biologie et pêches mondiales. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 195: 1-137 [94] (diagnosis and figures)
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) |