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DecaNet (World List of Decapoda)

WoRMS taxon details

Macropetasma africana (Balss, 1913)

240661  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:240661)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Malacostraca (Class)
  7. Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
  8. Eucarida (Superorder)
  9. Decapoda (Order)
  10. Dendrobranchiata (Suborder)
  11. Penaeoidea (Superfamily)
  12. Penaeidae (Family)
  13. Macropetasma (Genus)
  14. Macropetasma africana (Species)
accepted
Species
Parapenaeus africanus Balss, 1913 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Parapenaeus africanus Balss, 1913) Balss, H. (1913). Zoologische und anthropologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise im westlichen und zentral süd Afrika. Decapode Crustaceen. <em>Denkschriften der Medizinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 17: 105-110. [details] OpenAccess publication
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Macropetasma africana (Balss, 1913). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=240661 on 2025-05-01
Date
action
by
2007-06-01 10:09:57Z
created
Fransen, Charles
2010-09-09 15:15:28Z
changed
De Grave, Sammy
2022-08-29 15:56:51Z
changed
De Grave, Sammy

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Nomenclature

original description (of Parapenaeus africanus Balss, 1913) Balss, H. (1913). Zoologische und anthropologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise im westlichen und zentral süd Afrika. Decapode Crustaceen. <em>Denkschriften der Medizinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 17: 105-110. [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Charles H.J.M. Fransen (look up in IMIS) [details] 

Other

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  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

    Definitions

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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Parapenaeus africanus Balss, 1913)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Macropetasma africana) 
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ Macropetasma africana) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (6 records) 
To ITIS
Unreviewed
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ Macropetasma africana)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ Macropetasma africana)
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To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ Macropetasma africana)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ Macropetasma africana)
Hosted externally