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CAAB Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Arthropoda (phylum) » Malacostraca (class) » Decapoda (order) » Penaeidae (family)
| CAAB Code: | 28 711033 |
| Scientific Name and Authority: | Batepenaeopsis moresbyensis Shinomiya & Sakai, 2016 |
| CAAB category: | 28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.) | |
| Family: | Penaeidae (penaeid prawns) - show full list | |
| Common Name: | smoothshell prawn | |
| Common Names List: | smoothshell prawn smoothshell shrimp | |
| Recent Synonyms: | Parapenaeopsis tenella Batepenaeopsis tenella (mis-identifications) | |
| Taxon lists: |
Current Australian list:
 Commercial species list:  Standard Fish Names List: | |
| Regions: |
Australia (inc. subantarctic territories) Tropical Indo-West Pacific | |
| Habitat: |
Marine unspecified | |
| Parent Codes: |
28 711918
Batepenaeopsis spp. | |
| Organism Type: | a penaeid prawn |
| Taxon Notes: | This species was previously confused with the China Sea/Japansese species Batepenaeopsis tenella, the latter does not occur in Australian waters. This code replaces previous (interim) CAAB code 00 701332 (FISHLIST 701332). | ||||
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| Record source: | Holthuis, L. B., 1980, Shrimps and Prawns of the World. FAO Species Catalogue, Vol. 1. F.A.O., Rome |
| Scientific Name verified against: | Shinomiya, S. Sakai, K., 2016. A review of the genus Batepenaeopsis, with the description of a new species, B. moresbyensis sp. nov. (Decapoda, Penaeidae)., Crustaceana, Vol. 89(4): 495-513. . doi:10.1163/15685403-00003537. doi:10.1163/15685403-00003537 |