Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Pacific Reefs

Humpback Prawn
Metapenaeopsis lamellata
Humpback Prawn
Category: Penaeid Prawns
Scientific Name: Metapenaeopsis lamellata
Size: Up to 4 in. (10 cm)  
Depth: 10-200 ft. (3-60 m)
Distribution: West Pacific, Indonesia
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  └Malacostraca (Class)
   └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
    └Eucarida (Superorder)
     └Decapoda (Order)
      └Dendrobranchiata (Suborder)
       └Penaeidae (Family)
        └Metapenaeopsis (Genus)
         └M. lamellata (Species)

Crustaceans
Penaeid Prawns

Humpback Prawn

Solenocera sp. 1



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