WoRMS taxon details
Metapenaeus monoceros (Fabricius, 1798)
107107 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107107)
accepted
Species
Metapenaeus cognatus Nobili, 1904 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Metapenaeus Deschampsi Nobili, 1903 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Penaeopsis spinulicauda Stebbing, 1914 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Penaeus monoceros Fabricius, 1798 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Penaeus monoceros Fabricius, 1798) Fabricius, J.C. (1798). Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae. Hafniae: Proft et Storck: 1-572., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25565932 [details]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Metapenaeus monoceros (Fabricius, 1798). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=107107 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Penaeopsis spinulicauda Stebbing, 1914) Stebbing, T.R.R. (1914). South African Crustacea (Part VII of S.A. Crustacea, for the Marine Investigations in South Africa). <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 15: 1-55, pls. I-XII. [details] 
original description (of Penaeus monoceros Fabricius, 1798) Fabricius, J.C. (1798). Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae. Hafniae: Proft et Storck: 1-572., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25565932 [details]
original description (of Metapenaeus cognatus Nobili, 1904) Nobili, G. (1904). Diagnoses préliminaires de vingt-huit espèces nouvelles de stomatopodes et décapodes macroures de la Mer Rouge. <em>Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 10: 228-238. [details]
original description (of Metapenaeus Deschampsi Nobili, 1903) Nobili, G. (1903). Crostacei di Pondichéry, Mahé, Bombay etc. <em>Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della Regia, Università di Torino.</em> 18(452): 1-24; 1 pl. [details]
basis of record Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Penaeus monoceros Fabricius, 1798) Fabricius, J.C. (1798). Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae. Hafniae: Proft et Storck: 1-572., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25565932 [details]
original description (of Metapenaeus cognatus Nobili, 1904) Nobili, G. (1904). Diagnoses préliminaires de vingt-huit espèces nouvelles de stomatopodes et décapodes macroures de la Mer Rouge. <em>Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 10: 228-238. [details]
original description (of Metapenaeus Deschampsi Nobili, 1903) Nobili, G. (1903). Crostacei di Pondichéry, Mahé, Bombay etc. <em>Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della Regia, Università di Torino.</em> 18(452): 1-24; 1 pl. [details]
basis of record Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (Introduced species)
Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Fischer, W.; Bianchi, G. (1984). FAO Species identification sheets For Fisheries Purposes: Western Indian Ocean. <em>FAO, Rome.</em> [details]
additional source Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. <em>Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 43: 419-453. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source 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 [request]
additional source Zenetos, A., M.E. Cinar, M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, J.G. Harmelin, G. Furnari, F. Andaloro, N. Bellou, N. Streftaris & H. Zibrowius. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 6 (2): 63-118., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273213810_Annotated_list_of_marine_alien_species_in_the_Mediterranean_with_records_of_the_worst_invasive_species [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
additional source Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]
additional source Hall, D.N.F., 1958. Destinctions between Metapenaeus monoceros (Fabr.) and Metapenaeus ensis (De Haan) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Annals and Magazine of Natural History (13) 1 (8): 537-544. [details]
additional source Galil, B. (2007). Seeing Red: Alien species along the Mediterranean coast of Israel. <em>Aquatic Invasions.</em> 2(4): 281-312., available online at https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2007.2.4.2 [details]
[request]additional source Fischer, W.; Bianchi, G. (1984). FAO Species identification sheets For Fisheries Purposes: Western Indian Ocean. <em>FAO, Rome.</em> [details]
additional source Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. <em>Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 43: 419-453. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source 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
[request]additional source Zenetos, A., M.E. Cinar, M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, J.G. Harmelin, G. Furnari, F. Andaloro, N. Bellou, N. Streftaris & H. Zibrowius. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 6 (2): 63-118., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273213810_Annotated_list_of_marine_alien_species_in_the_Mediterranean_with_records_of_the_worst_invasive_species [details] Available for editors
[request]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]
additional source Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]
additional source Hall, D.N.F., 1958. Destinctions between Metapenaeus monoceros (Fabr.) and Metapenaeus ensis (De Haan) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Annals and Magazine of Natural History (13) 1 (8): 537-544. [details]
additional source Galil, B. (2007). Seeing Red: Alien species along the Mediterranean coast of Israel. <em>Aquatic Invasions.</em> 2(4): 281-312., available online at https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2007.2.4.2 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal in Egypt (Nation) : Canals: natural range expansion through man-made canals [details]
To Barcode of Life (170 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Penaeus monoceros Fabricius, 1798)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Penaeopsis spinulicauda Stebbing, 1914)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Metapenaeus monoceros)
To GenBank (433 nucleotides; 216 proteins)
To MNHN Type collection (IU 2014-7616) (from synonym Metapenaeus cognatus Nobili, 1904)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (36 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Penaeus monoceros Fabricius, 1798)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Penaeopsis spinulicauda Stebbing, 1914)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Metapenaeus monoceros)
To GenBank (433 nucleotides; 216 proteins)
To MNHN Type collection (IU 2014-7616) (from synonym Metapenaeus cognatus Nobili, 1904)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (36 records)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym