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Metapenaeopsis (velvet shrimps) with Relationships

Synonyms: Archipenaeopsis; Ceratopenaeus; Erythropenaeus; Leptopenaeus

Wikipedia Abstract

Metapenaeopsis, the velvet shrimps, is a prawn genus in the family Penaeidae. It contains the following species: \n* Metapenaeopsis acclivis (Rathbun, 1902) \n* Metapenaeopsis aegyptia Galil & Golani, 1990 \n* Metapenaeopsis andamanensis (Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891) \n* Metapenaeopsis angusta Crosnier, 1987 \n* Metapenaeopsis assimilis (De Man, 1920) \n* Metapenaeopsis barbata (De Haan, 1844) \n* Metapenaeopsis batei (Miers, 1884a) \n* Metapenaeopsis beebei (Burkenroad, 1938) \n* Metapenaeopsis ceylonica Starobogatov, 1972 \n* Metapenaeopsis commensalis Borradaile, 1899 \n* Metapenaeopsis coniger (Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 189a) \n* Metapenaeopsis costata Crosnier, 1991 \n* Metapenaeopsis crassissima Racek & Dall, 1965 \n* Metapenaeopsis dalei (Rathbun, 1902) \n* Meta
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Species

Metapenaeopsis acclivis (tora velvet shrimp)
Metapenaeopsis barbata (whiskered velvet shrimp)
Metapenaeopsis dalei (kishi velvet shrimp)
Metapenaeopsis goodei (velvet shrimp)
Metapenaeopsis lamellata (humpback shrimp)
Metapenaeopsis miersi
Metapenaeopsis novaeguineae (northern velvet prawn)
Metapenaeopsis palmensis (southern velvet shrimp)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0