Metapenaeopsis smithi

Author
Schmitt, 1924

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Min Depth
1 meters
Max Depth
366 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Bermuda, Florida, south Gulf of Mexico–Curaçao
Habitat-Biology
  • benthic
  • loose rubble or coral fragments
  • soft substrate (muds, sands, clays)
  • sea grasses and other submerged vegetation (seaweeds, mangrove roots)
References

  • Chace, F. A., Jr. 1972. The shrimps of the Smithsonian-Bredin Caribbean Expeditions with a summary of West Indian shallow-water species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Natantia). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 98: 1–179.

  • Gracia, A., and J. L. Hernández-Aguilera. 2005. 2. Camarones penaeoideos. Pp. 23–65 in J. L. Hernández Aguilera, J. A. Ruiz Nuño, R. E. Toral Almazán, and V. Arenas Fuentes, eds. Camarones, Langostas y Cangrejos de la Costa Este de Mexico, Vol. I. Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad (Conabio), México.

  • Hernández-Aguilera, J. L., R. E. Toral Almazán, and J. A. Ruiz Nuño. 1996. Especies catalogadas de crustaceos estomatopodos y decapodos para el Golfo de México, Rio Bravo, Tamps. a Progreso, Yuc. Conabio, Dirección de Oceanografia, Secretaría de Marina, México.

  • Pérez-Farfante, I. 1971. Western Atlantic shrimps of the genus Metapenaeopsis (Crustacea, Decapoda, Penaeidae), with descriptions of three new species. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 79: 1–37.

  • Pérez-Farfante, I., and B. Kensley. 1997. Penaeoid and sergestoid shrimps and prawns of the world. Memoirs du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle 175, Paris.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

Felder, D. L., F. Álvarez, J. W. Goy, and R. Lemaitre. 2009. Decapoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, with Comments on the Amphionidacea, Pp. 1019–1104 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 05-09-2024.

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