Common name of Parapenaeopsis arafurica
 
Common Name Arafurica shrimp
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official Trade Name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country United States (contiguous states)
Locality
Ref. Bisby, F.A., M.A. Ruggiero, K.L. Wilson, M. Cachuela-Palacio, S.W. Kimani, Y.R. Roskov, A. Soulier-Perkins and J. van Hertum, 2005
Life Stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core morphology
1st Modifier locality/area
2nd Modifier
Remarks 'shrimp' from Old Norse 'skorpna', i.e., 'to shrivel up'; Arafura, i.e. from Arafura Sea, shallow part of the Pacific Ocean, between the Timor and Coral seas, separating Australia from New Guinea.
 
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