Metapenaeopsis

Metapenaeopsis
Metapenaeopsis lamellata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Dendrobranchiata
Family:	Penaeidae
Genus:	Metapenaeopsis Bouvier, 1905
Type species
Metapenaeopsis pubescens Bouvier, 1905

Metapenaeopsis, the velvet shrimps, is a prawn genus in the family Penaeidae. It contains these species:

• Metapenaeopsis acclivis (Rathbun, 1902)
• Metapenaeopsis aegyptia Galil & Golani, 1990
• Metapenaeopsis andamanensis (Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891)
• Metapenaeopsis angusta Crosnier, 1987
• Metapenaeopsis assimilis (De Man, 1920)
• Metapenaeopsis barbata (De Haan, 1844)
• Metapenaeopsis batei (Miers, 1884a)
• Metapenaeopsis beebei (Burkenroad, 1938)
• Metapenaeopsis ceylonica Starobogatov, 1972
• Metapenaeopsis commensalis Borradaile, 1899
• Metapenaeopsis coniger (Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891)
• Metapenaeopsis costata Crosnier, 1991
• Metapenaeopsis crassissima Racek & Dall, 1965
• Metapenaeopsis dalei (Rathbun, 1902)
• Metapenaeopsis difficilis Crosnier, 1991
• Metapenaeopsis distincta (De Man, 1907)
• Metapenaeopsis dura Kubo, 1949
• Metapenaeopsis aegyptia Galil & Golani, 1990
• Metapenaeopsis erythraea Crosnier, 1987
• Metapenaeopsis evermanni (Rathbun, 1906)
• Metapenaeopsis faouzii (Ramadan, 1938)
• Metapenaeopsis fusca Manning, R.J.G., 1988
• Metapenaeopsis gaillardi Crosnier, 1991
• Metapenaeopsis gallensis (Pearson, 1905)
• Metapenaeopsis gerardoi Pérez Farfante, 1971
• Metapenaeopsis goodei (Smith, 1885b)
• Metapenaeopsis hilarula (De Man, 1911)
• Metapenaeopsis hobbsi Pérez Farfante, 1971
• Metapenaeopsis incisa Crosnier, 1991
• Metapenaeopsis ivanovi Crosnier, 1994
• Metapenaeopsis kishinouyei (Rathbun, 1902)
• Metapenaeopsis kuboi Ivanov & Hassan, 1976
• Metapenaeopsis kyushuensis (Yokoya, 1933)
• Metapenaeopsis lamellata (De Haan, 1844)
• Metapenaeopsis lata Kubo, 1949
• Metapenaeopsis laubieri Crosnier, 1991
• Metapenaeopsis lindae R. J. G. Manning, 1988
• Metapenaeopsis liui Crosnier, 1987
• Metapenaeopsis mannarensis De Bruin, 1965
• Metapenaeopsis manningi Crosnier, 1994
• Metapenaeopsis marquesas Crosnier, 1991
• Metapenaeopsis martinella Pérez Farfante, 1971
• Metapenaeopsis menoui Crosnier, 1991
• Metapenaeopsis miersi (Holthuis, 1952)
• Metapenaeopsis mineri Burkenroad, 1934
• Metapenaeopsis mogiensis Rathbun, 1902
• Metapenaeopsis novaeguineae (Haswell, 1879)
• Metapenaeopsis palmensis (Haswell, 1879)
• Metapenaeopsis parahilarula Crosnier, 1991
• Metapenaeopsis parapalmensis Crosnier, 1994
• Metapenaeopsis perlarum Nobili, 1905
• Metapenaeopsis persica Crosnier, 1991
• Metapenaeopsis philippii (Bate, 1881)
• Metapenaeopsis propinqua Crosnier, 1991
• Metapenaeopsis provocatoria Racek & Dall, 1965
• Metapenaeopsis proxima Crosnier, 1991
• Metapenaeopsis quadrilobata Crosnier, 1991
• Metapenaeopsis quinquedentata (De Man, 1907)
• Metapenaeopsis richeri Crosnier, 1991
• Metapenaeopsis rosea Racek & Dall, 1965
• Metapenaeopsis scotti Champion, 1973
• Metapenaeopsis sibogae (De Man, 1907)
• Metapenaeopsis sinica Liu & Zhong in R. Liu & Zhong, 1983
• Metapenaeopsis sinuosa Dall, 1957
• Metapenaeopsis smithi (Schmitt, 1924)
• Metapenaeopsis spatulata Crosnier, 1991
• Metapenaeopsis spiridonovi Crosnier, 1991
• Metapenaeopsis stokmani Burukovsky, 1990
• Metapenaeopsis stridulans (Alcock, 1905)
• Metapenaeopsis tarawensis Racek & Dall, 1965
• Metapenaeopsis tchekunovae Starobogatov, 1972
• Metapenaeopsis tenella Liu & Zhong in R. Liu & Zhong, 1983
• Metapenaeopsis toloensis Hall, 1962
• Metapenaeopsis vaillanti (Nobili, 1904)
• Metapenaeopsis velutina (Dana, 1852)
• Metapenaeopsis wellsi Racek, 1967