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Metapenaeopsis aegyptia prawn

Metapenaeopsis aegyptiais commonly referred to as prawn. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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Metapenaeopsis aegyptia


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lexID:
10591 
AphiaID:
107105 
Scientific:
Metapenaeopsis aegyptia 
German:
Ägyptische Garnele 
English:
Prawn 
Category:
Shrimps 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Penaeidae (Family) > Metapenaeopsis (Genus) > aegyptia (Species) 
Initial determination:
Galil & Golani, 1990 
Occurrence:
(the) Maldives, European Coasts, Indo Pacific, Israel, Japan, Madagascar, New Caledonia, North Atlantic Ocean, Red Sea, Sri Lanka, the Mediterranean Sea, the Seychelles, Western Pacific Ocean 
Sea depth:
13 - 61 Meter 
Size:
8,5 cm 
Temperature:
73.4 °F - 78.8 °F (23°C - 26°C) 
Food:
No reliable information available 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Metapenaeopsis acclivis
  • Metapenaeopsis andamanensis
  • Metapenaeopsis angusta
  • Metapenaeopsis assimilis
  • Metapenaeopsis barbata
  • Metapenaeopsis beebei
  • Metapenaeopsis ceylonica
  • Metapenaeopsis commensalis
  • Metapenaeopsis coniger
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2017-04-01 08:05:25 

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Metapenaeopsis aegyptia Galil & Golani, 1990

The body is cream, irregularly mottled with orange-red. Metapenaeopsis aegyptia can be found on sandy and mud bottom.
Poorly known about this penaeid prawns.

Synonym:
Metapenaeopsis judaensis Por, 1989

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Multicrustacea (Superclass) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Eucarida (Superorder) > Decapoda (Order) > Dendrobranchiata (Suborder) > Penaeoidea (Superfamily) > Penaeidae (Family) > Metapenaeopsis (Genus) > Metapenaeopsis aegyptia (Species)

External links

  1. Ciesm (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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