Maheswarudu, G and Pillai, S Lakshmi (2011) Generic Characters of Metapenaeopsis Bouvier, 1905. In: Handbook of Prawns. Radhakrishnan, E V and Josileen, Jose and Pillai, S Lakshmi,(eds.) Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi, pp. 45-50.
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Abstract
This genus is distributed in the Atlantic, American Pacific and Indo-West Pacific. The American species of Metapenaeopsis were investigated by Burkenroad (1934) who redefined the taxon and reduced it to a subgenus of the genus Penaeopsis. Isabel Perez Farfante (1971) treated Metapenaeopsis as a separate genus rather than as a subgenus of Penaeopsis following Kubo (1949) who concluded that these shrimps possess a number of characters of generic rank. The asymmetrical petasma is unique and undoubtedly the most outstanding generic character.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Generic Characters; Metapenaeopsis Bouvier |
| Subjects: | Crustacean Fisheries Crustacean Fisheries > Prawn and Prawn fisheries |
| Divisions: | CMFRI-Cochin > Marine Capture > Crustacean Fisheries |
| ID Code: | 9059 |
| Deposited By: | Arun Surendran |
| Deposited On: | 19 Oct 2012 16:01 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Oct 2012 16:01 |
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