Carcinus maenas zoea IV, author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Monica Bravo
Carpilius convexus (Forsk, 1775), author: WJ, Chen &  Robert L.C. Lo
Galathea strigosa, author: Collection Georges Declercq
author: NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program

DecaNet (World List of Decapoda)

Decanet taxon details

Metapenaeopsis gerardoi Pérez Farfante, 1971

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Pérez Farfante, I. (1971). Western Atlantic shrimps of the genus <i>Metapenaeopsis</i> (Crustacea, Decapoda, Penaeidae) with descriptions of three new species. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 79: 1-37. [details] Available for editors  PDF available
Depth range Shallow to deep-waters (e.g. 10-190 m)  
Depth range Shallow to deep-waters (e.g. 10-190 m) [details]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Metapenaeopsis gerardoi Pérez Farfante, 1971. Accessed at: https://decanet.info/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=246342 on 2025-09-12
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2007-09-11 12:28:22Z
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2008-12-10 10:07:28Z
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2010-09-09 15:15:28Z
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2022-08-29 13:38:49Z
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original description Pérez Farfante, I. (1971). Western Atlantic shrimps of the genus <i>Metapenaeopsis</i> (Crustacea, Decapoda, Penaeidae) with descriptions of three new species. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 79: 1-37. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

basis of record Pérez Farfante, I.; Kensley, B. (1997). Penaeoid and sergestoid shrimps and prawns of the world. Keys and diagnoses for the families and genera. <em>Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 175: 1-233. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Felder, D. L., Álvarez. F.,Goy, J.W. & Lemaitre, R. (2009). Decapoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, with comments on the Amphionidacea,. <em>Felder, D.L., and Camp, D.K. (eds), Gulf of Mexico - Origins, Waters, and Biota. Vol. 1. Biodiversity.</em> Pp. 1019–1104 (Texas A&M University Press: College Station, Texas)., available online at http://biogomx.net/sites/default/files/pdfs/chapters/59-Felder%20et%20al%202009-Decapoda%20of%20the%20GoMx.pdf [details] 

additional source De Grave, S.; Fransen, C.H.J.M. (2011). Carideorum catalogus: the recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). <em>Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden.</em> 85(9): 195-589. (look up in IMIS) [details] OpenAccess publication
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Depth range Shallow to deep-waters (e.g. 10-190 m) [details]

Habitat Soft bottom (mud or sand) [details]