On the penaeid shrimps of the genus Metapenaeus Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason amp; Alcock, 1891 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Penaeidae) of Taiwan

Yen-Cheng Hsu; Chien-Lin Chen; Tin-Yam Chan

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5169.4.3

On the penaeid shrimps of the genus Metapenaeus Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason amp; Alcock, 1891 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Penaeidae) of Taiwan

Zootaxa. 2022 Aug 1;5169(4):331-346. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5169.4.3.

Authors

Yen-Cheng Hsu¹, Chien-Lin Chen², Tin-Yam Chan³

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Marine Biology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung 202301, Taiwan, R.O.C.. 222otter@gmail.com.
² Institute of Marine Biology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung 202301, Taiwan, R.O.C.. reginald@mail.ntou.edu.tw.
³ Institute of Marine Biology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung 202301, Taiwan, R.O.C. 2Center of Excellence for the Oceans, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung 202301, Taiwan, R.O.C.. tychan@mail.ntou.edu.tw.

PMID: 36101231
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5169.4.3

Abstract

Seven speceis in the penaeid shrimp genus Metapenaeus Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason Alcock, 1891 are reported from Taiwan. Metapenaeus elegans De Man, 1907 is formerly recorded in Taiwan for the first time. A neotype is selected for the subspecies M. joyneri formosus Lee Yu, 1977 and this action synonymizes this subspecies with the nominotypical form. A key to the species of Metapenaeus in Taiwan is provided.

MeSH terms

Animals
Humans
Penaeidae*
Taiwan