WoRMS name details
Parapenaeus megalops Smith, 1885
585413 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:585413)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Smith, S.I. (1885). On some genera and species of Penaeidae, mostly from dredgings off the east coast of the United States Fish Commission. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 8: 170-190. [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Parapenaeus megalops Smith, 1885. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=585413 on 2025-04-26
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Nomenclature
original description
Smith, S.I. (1885). On some genera and species of Penaeidae, mostly from dredgings off the east coast of the United States Fish Commission. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 8: 170-190. [details]
basis of record 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]
basis of record 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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality