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Metapenaeus  Wood-Mason, 1891
Taxonomic Serial No.: 95783

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2023   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumCrustacea Brünnich, 1772 – crustacés, crustáceo, crustaceans  
                   SuperclassAltocrustacea   
                      ClassMalacostraca Latreille, 1802  
                         SubclassEumalacostraca Grobben, 1892  
                            SuperorderEucarida Calman, 1904 – camarão, caranguejo, ermitão, lagosta, siri  
                               OrderDecapoda Latreille, 1802 – crabs, crayfishes, lobsters, prawns, shrimp, crabes, crevettes, écrevisses, homards  
                                  SuborderDendrobranchiata Spence Bate, 1888  
                                     SuperfamilyPenaeoidea Rafinesque, 1815 – penaeoid shrimps, crevettes pénaéïdes  
                                        FamilyPenaeidae Rafinesque, 1815 – penaeid shrimps, crevettes pénaéïdes  
                                           GenusMetapenaeus Wood-Mason, 1891  
    Direct Children:  
                                              Species Metapenaeus affinis (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) – Jinga shrimp, camarón jinga, crevette jinga 
                                              Species Metapenaeus alcocki M. J. George & Rao, 1968 – fire shrimp, camarón foguete, crevette étincelle 
                                              Species Metapenaeus anchistus (De Man, 1920)  
                                              Species Metapenaeus arabicus Hassan, 1978  
                                              Species Metapenaeus bennettae Racek & Dall, 1965 – greentail shrimp, camarón rabo verde, crevette queue verte, greentail prawn, inshore greasy back prawn, bay prawn, river prawn 
                                              Species Metapenaeus brevicornis (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) – yellow shrimp, camarón amarillo, crevette jaune, yellow prawn 
                                              Species Metapenaeus conjunctus Racek & Dall, 1965 – wood shrimp, camarón leña, crevette bois 
                                              Species Metapenaeus dalli Racek, 1957 – western school shrimp, camarón dalí, crevette dali, school prawn 
                                              Species Metapenaeus demani (Roux, 1921) – demon shrimp, camarón diablo, crevette diable, demons prawn [sic] 
                                              Species Metapenaeus dobsoni (Miers, 1878) – kadal shrimp, camarón kadal, crevette kadal 
                                              Species Metapenaeus eboracensis Dall, 1957 – York shrimp, camarón york, crevette york, York prawn 
                                              Species Metapenaeus elegans De Man, 1907 – fine shrimp, camarón fino, crevette élégante 
                                              Species Metapenaeus endeavouri (Schmitt, 1926) – endeavour shrimp, camarón devo, crevette devo, endeavour prawn, brown prawn 
                                              Species Metapenaeus ensis (De Haan, 1844) – greasyback shrimp, camarón resbolado, crevette glissante, offshore greasyback shrimp 
                                              Species Metapenaeus insolitus Racek & Dall, 1965 – emerald shrimp, camarón esmeralda, crevette émeraude 
                                              Species Metapenaeus intermedius (Kishinouye, 1900) – middle shrimp, camarón cintura, crevette ceinture, middle prawn 
                                              Species Metapenaeus joyneri (Miers, 1880) – Shiba shrimp, camarón siba, crevette siba 
                                              Species Metapenaeus krishnatrii Silas & Muthu, 1976  
                                              Species Metapenaeus kutchensis P. C. George, M. J. George & Rao, 1963 – ginger shrimp, camarón jengibre, crevette gingembre 
                                              Species Metapenaeus lysianassa (De Man, 1888) – bird shrimp, camarón parancero, crevette oiseau 
                                              Species Metapenaeus macleayi (Haswell, 1879) – eastern school shrimp, camarón maclayo, crevette de maclay, school prawn, white river prawn 
                                              Species Metapenaeus monoceros (Fabricius, 1798) – speckled shrimp, camarón moteado, crevette mouchetée, ginger prawn, speckled prawn 
                                              Species Metapenaeus motohi Shinomiya & Sakai, 2009  
                                              Species Metapenaeus moyebi (Kishinouye, 1896) – camarón mobeyi, crevette mobeyi, Moyebi shrimp 
                                              Species Metapenaeus papuensis Racek & Dall, 1965 – Papua shrimp, camarón papuense, crevette papou 
                                              Species Metapenaeus stebbingi Nobili, 1904 – peregrine shrimp, camarón peregrino, crevette faucon 
                                              Species Metapenaeus suluensis Racek & Dall, 1965  
                                              Species Metapenaeus tenuipes Kubo, 1949 – stork shrimp, camarón cigueña, crevette cigogne 
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Metapenaeus   
       
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): De Grave, Sammy, and C. H. J. M. Fransen  
  Publication Date: 2011   
  Article/Chapter Title: Carideorum catalogus: the recent species of the Dendrobranchiate, Stenopodidean, Procarididean and Caridean Shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden, vol. 85, no. 9   
  Page(s): 195-589   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 978-90-6519-2004, 0024-0672  
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Pérez Farfante, Isabel, and Brian Kensley  
  Publication Date: 1997   
  Article/Chapter Title: Penaeoid and Sergestoid Shrimps and Prawns of the World: Keys and Diagnoses for the Families and Genera   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mémoirs du Muséum nationale d'Histoire naturelle, tome 175   
  Page(s): 233   
  Publisher: Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle   
  Publication Place: Paris, France   
  ISBN/ISSN: 2-85653-510-0, 1243-4442  
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  Reference for: Metapenaeus   
       

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