Species Metapenaeus ensis (De Haan, 1844)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Penaeus ensis De Haan, W. 1844. Crustacea. 1-243 pls A-J, L-Q, 1-55, circ. tab. 2 in von Siebold, P.F. (ed.). Fauna Japonica sive Descriptio Animalium, quae in Itinere per Japoniam, Jussu et Auspiciis Superiorum, qui Summum in India Batava Imperium Tenent, Suscepto, Annis 1823–1830 Collegit, Notis, Observationibus et Adumbrationibus Illustravit. Leiden : Lugduni-Batavorum. [published from 1833–1850, Atlas dated 1844] [pl. 46 fig.2].

  Type data:

   Lectotype RMNH D5581 ♀ dry, Japan.
  Paralectotype(s) RMNH D1121 2 specimens; RMNH 1124 5 specimens.

  Subsequent designation references:

  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 [59].
• Penaeus mastersii Haswell, W.A. 1879. On the Australian species of Penaeus, in the Macleay Museum, Sydney. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 4, 1879: 38-44 [42].

  Type data:

   Neotype AM P14394 ♂, 80 km WNW of Darwin, NT.

  Subsequent designation references:

  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 [60].
• Penaeus incisipes Spence Bate, C. 1888. Report on the Crustacea Macrura collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 24: 1-942, i-xc figs 1-76 pls 1-150 [257].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 3♂ 1♀, off Panay, Philippines.
• Metapenaeus ensis baramensis Hall, H.M. 1962. Observations on the taxonomy and biology of some Indo-West Pacific Penaeidae (Crustacea Decapoda). Fishery Publications of the Colonial Office 17: 1-229 [23].
• Metapenaeus philippinensis Motoh, H. & Muthu, M.S. 1979. On a new species of Metapenaeus (Crustacea, Decapoda, Penaeidae) from the Philippines. Bulletin of the Japanese Society of Scientific Fisheries 45: 1351-1354 [1351].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Miquel, J.C. 1982. Le genre Metapenaeus (Crustacea, Penaeidae): taxonomie, biologie et pêches mondiales. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 195: 1-137 [89]
• 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 [223]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific Oceans (India and Sri Lanka through Indo-Malaysia to Japan, Taiwan, Philipppines and New Guinea).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), 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)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, estuary, pelagic.

Extra Ecological Information

Juveniles inhabit estuaries or rivers, adults inhabit estuaries or marine, depth 3–64 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. [90] (colour photograph)

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 [58]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Dec-2019	DECAPODA Latreille, 1802	31-Jul-2018	MODIFIED	Dr Shane Ahyong
24-Apr-2012		24-Apr-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)