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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Arthropoda (phylum) » Malacostraca (class) » Decapoda (order) » Penaeidae (family)
| CAAB Code: | 28 711913 |
| Scientific Name and Authority: | Metapenaeopsis spp. |
| CAAB category: | 28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.) |
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| Family: | 28 711 Penaeidae (penaeid prawns) - show full list | |
| Common Name: | velvet prawns | |
| Organism Type: | a penaeid prawn | |
| Taxon lists: |
Current Australian list:
 Commercial species list:  Standard Fish Names List: | |
| Habitat: |
Marine unspecified | |
| Parent Codes: |
28 711000
Penaeidae | |
| Child Codes: |
28 711010
Metapenaeopsis andamanensis 28 711011 Metapenaeopsis barbata 28 711101 Metapenaeopsis batei 28 711062 Metapenaeopsis commensalis 28 711012 Metapenaeopsis crassissima 28 711063 Metapenaeopsis fusca 28 711064 Metapenaeopsis gallensis 28 711060 Metapenaeopsis hilarula 28 711087 Metapenaeopsis incisa 28 711013 Metapenaeopsis lamellata 28 711065 Metapenaeopsis lindae 28 711014 Metapenaeopsis liui 28 711066 Metapenaeopsis mannarensis 28 711067 Metapenaeopsis menoui 28 711015 Metapenaeopsis mogiensis complanata 28 711016 Metapenaeopsis novaeguineae 28 711017 Metapenaeopsis palmensis 28 711018 Metapenaeopsis philippii 28 711069 Metapenaeopsis provocatoria longirostris 28 711068 Metapenaeopsis provocatoria provocatoria 28 711086 Metapenaeopsis quinquedentata 28 711019 Metapenaeopsis rosea 28 711070 Metapenaeopsis sinica 28 711020 Metapenaeopsis sinuosa 28 711091 Metapenaeopsis sp. MoV 5458 28 711085 Metapenaeopsis sp. MoV 5459 28 711084 Metapenaeopsis sp. MoV 5706 28 711090 Metapenaeopsis sp. MoV 6448 28 711071 Metapenaeopsis tarawensis 28 711072 Metapenaeopsis toloensis 28 711073 Metapenaeopsis velutina 28 711021 Metapenaeopsis wellsi 99 280432 Metapenaeopsis aff. difficilis 99 280434 Metapenaeopsis aff. vaillanti 99 280390 Metapenaeopsis cf andamensis |
| Taxon Notes: | This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to this level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available. | ||||||
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