Species Metapenaeus bennettae Racek & Dall, 1965
Bay Prawn, Greentail Prawn, Greentail Shrimp (Fao), Inshore Greasy Back Prawn, River Prawn
- Metapenaeus bennettae 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 [74].
Type data:
Holotype AM P14645 ♂, Lake Budgewoi, Tuggerah Lake, NSW.
Paratype(s) RMNH D23293 4 specimens; AM P940 specimens; AM P941 specimen; AM P942 1 specimen; AM P943 1 specimen; AM P944 13 specimens; AM P12525 99 specimens; AM P14644 1♀.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
From Bass Strait, VIC, to about Hervey Bay, QLD.
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, estuary, neritic, pelagic.
Trade
food
Extra Ecological Information
Adults found in coastal rivers up to 15 km from the mouth, tolerates salinities from 0–35‰, depth 0–30 m.
General References
Dall, W. 1958. Observations on the biology of the greentail prawn Metapenaeus mastersii (Haswell) (Crustacea Decapoda: Penaeidae). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 9(1): 111-134 (species misidentified)
Davie, P. 2002. Crustacea: Malacostraca: Phyllocarida, Hoplocarida, Eucarida (Part 1). In Wells, A. & Houston, W.W.K. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 19.3A. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia xii 551 pp. [140] (very similar to Metapenaeus dalli, but that species only occurs in WA)
Kirkegaard, I. & Walker, R.H. 1970. Synopsis of biological data on the greentail prawn Metapenaeus bennettae Racek and Dall, 1965. Australian CSIRO Divivision of Fisheries and Oceanography Fisheries Synopsis 6: 1-25
Miquel, J.C. 1982. Le genre Metapenaeus (Crustacea, Penaeidae): taxonomie, biologie et pêches mondiales. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 195: 1-137 [58] (rediagnosed and figured)
Morris, M.C. & Bennett, I. 1952. The life-history of a penaeid prawn (Metapenaeus) breeding in a coastal lake (Tuggerah, New South Wales). Journal of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 76: 164-182
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) |