Species Metapenaeopsis sinuosa Dall, 1957

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Regional Maps

• Metapenaeopsis sinuosus Dall, W. 1957. A revision of the Australian species of Penaeinae (Crustacea Decapoda: Penaeidae). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 8(2): 136-230 figs 1-29 [176 figs 14a-f].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM P12223 ♂, off Shore Island, Kennedy Sound, Cumberland Group, QLD.
  Paratype(s) AM P39905 ♀.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

From near Linderman Island, QLD, and Van Diemen Gulf, NT.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, pelagic.

Extra Ecological Information

Trawled over hard substrates and coarse mud, depths of 12–24 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. [68] (figured)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
24-Apr-2012		24-Apr-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)