Malacostraca - Decapoda - Penaeidae
Parent taxon: Penaeidae according to G. C. B. Poore and S. Ahyong 2004
Sister taxa: Albertoppelia, Ambilobeia, Antrimpos, Araripenaeus, Bylgia, Bylginella, Carinacaris, Cretapenaeus, Drobna, Dusa, Eopabdehus, Eystaettia, Franconipenaeus, Funchalia, Hakelocaris, Ifasya, Joinvilleicaris, Koelga, Ladinicaris, Libanocaris, Longichela, Macropenaeus, Metapenaeus, Microchela, Micropenaeus, Oppelicaris, Parapenaeus, Penaeopsis, Penaeus, Pseudobombur, Pseudodrobna, Pseudodusa, Rauna, Rhodanicaris, Satyrocaris, Tiche, Trachypenaeus, Tzeltalpenaeus, Xiaopenaeus, Zoquepenaeus
Subtaxa: Metapenaeopsis crassissima Metapenaeopsis fusca Metapenaeopsis lindae Metapenaeopsis novaeguinae Metapenaeopsis palmensis Metapenaeopsis velutina
Ecology: infaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Metapenaeopsis in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.