Species Metapenaeopsis velutina (Dana, 1852)

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• Penaeus velutinus Dana, J.D. 1852. Conspectus Crustaceorum quae in Orbis Terrarum circumnavigatione, Carolo Wilkes e classe Reipublicae Foederatae Duce, lexit et descripsit. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 6: 10-28 [27] [also Dana, J.D. 1852. Crustacea. United States Exploring Expedition 13: 1–685 (604)].

  Type data:

   Neotype USNM 250833 ♀, Hawai'i (Albatross Stn 3853).

  Subsequent designation 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 [248].

  Secondary source:

   Dana, J.D. 1852. Crustacea, Part 1. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, under the command of Charles Wilkes, U. S. N. 13(1): 1-685.
• Metapenaeopsis insona 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 [41 fig. 6, pl. 2 fig. 3].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM P14363 ♀, 11 km off Long Reef, of Broken Bay, NSW.
  Paratype(s) RMNH D23290 ♀; AM P14364 ♂ (as allotype).
• Metapenaeopsis caliper Liu, J.Y. & Zhong, Z. 1988. Penaeoid Shrimps of the South China Sea. Beijing : Agricultural Publishing House 278 pp. [English translation] [238, 269 fig. 145].

  Type data:

   Holotype SCSFI 005 ♀, S of mouth of Pearl River, China.
  Paratype(s) SCSFI 005a ♂ (as allotype).

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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 [247]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific Oceans (Seychelles, South China Sea, Philippines, New Caledonia, Polynesia, Hawai'i).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), 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)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, pelagic.

Extra Ecological Information

Trawled over sandy substrates, depths of 55–320 m.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
24-Apr-2012		30-Jun-2014	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)