Metapenaeus monoceros

Metapenaeus monoceros
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Dendrobranchiata
Family: Penaeidae
Genus: Metapenaeus
Species:
M. monoceros
Binomial name
Metapenaeus monoceros
(Fabricius, 1798)
Synonyms [1][2]
  • Metapenaeus cognatus Nobili, 1904
  • Metapenaeus deschampsi Nobili, 1903
  • Penaeopsis monoceros (Fabricius, 1798)
  • Penaeopsis spinulicauda Stebbing, 1914
  • Penaeus monoceros Fabricius, 1798

Metapenaeus monoceros is a species of prawn in the family Penaeidae. It is also known as speckled shrimp, brown shrimp and pink shrimp in English, crevette mouchetée in French, camarón moteado in Spanish, koraney chingri or honye chingri in India, ginger prawn in South Africa and choodan chemmeen in Malayalam.[2]

  1. ^ Charles Fransen, Sammy De Grave & Michael Türkay (2013). "Metapenaeus monoceros (Fabricius, 1798)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved October 13, 2013.
  2. ^ a b L. B. Holthuis (1980). "Metapenaeus monoceros (Fabricius, 1798)" (PDF). Shrimps and Prawns of the World: an Annotated Catalogue of Species of Interest to Fisheries. FAO Fisheries Synopsis. Vol. 125. Food and Agriculture Organization. pp. 26–27. ISBN 92-5-100896-5.