Genus Parapenaeus Smith, 1885

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• Parapenaeus Smith, S.F. 1885. On some genera and species of Penaeidae, mostly from recent dredgings of the United States Fish Commission. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 8: 170-176 [170] [placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology, see International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1961. Opinion 611. Parapenaeus S.I. Smith, 1885 (Crustacea, Decapoda); validation under the Plenary Powers and interpretation of Peneus membranaceus Risso, 1816. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 18(5): 306–308 (306)].

  Type species:

   Penaeus longirostris Lucas, 1846 by original designation.

  Secondary source:

   International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1961. Opinion 611. Parapenaeus S.I. Smith, 1885 (Crustacea, Decapoda); validation under the Plenary Powers and interpretation of Peneus membranaceus Risso, 1816. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 18(5): 306-308.
• Neopenaeopsis Bouvier, E.L. 1905. Sur les Macroures nageurs (abstraction faite des Carides), recueillis par les expéditions américaines du Hassler et du Blake. Comptes Rendus (Hebdomadaires) des Séances de l'Academie des Sciences. Série D. Sciences Naturelles 141: 746-749 [747] [gender feminine].

  Type species:

   Neopenaeopsis paradoxus Bouvier, 1905 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Bouvier, E.L. 1908. Quelques observations systématiques sur la sous-famille des Penaeinae Alcock. Bulletin du Musée Océanographique de Monaco 119: 1-10

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

PENAEIDAE: Parapenaeus fissurus (Bate, 1881) — 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. [145] (this species cited as being rare in Australia, but without specific localities mentioned, by [23]; however, according to W. Dall (pers. comm.) these records are based on a misidentification)

PENAEIDAE: Parapenaeus longipes Alcock, 1905 — 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. [145] (this species cited as being rare in Australia, but without specific localities mentioned, by [23]; however, according to W. Dall (pers. comm.) these records are based on a misidentification)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Timor Province (2), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northwest Transition (3), 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), Central Western Province (6)

General References

Crosnier, A. 1986. Crustacés Décapodes: Penaeidae. Les espèces indo-ouest-pacifiques du genre Parapenaeus. pp. 303-353 figs 1-14 in Crosnier, A. (ed.). Résultats des campagnes MUSORSTOM I et II. Philippines (1976, 1980), Tome 2. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] Ser A Zool. 133: 1-525 (generic revision and key to species)

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