A new record of the Jinga shrimp Metapenaeus affinis (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) (Decapoda, Penaeidae), on the Egyptian Coasts, the Mediterranean Sea

A new record of the Jinga shrimp Metapenaeus affinis (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) (Decapoda, Penaeidae), on the Egyptian Coasts, the Mediterranean Sea

An unexpected new Metapenaeus shrimp species has arrived to the coastal water of Alexandria City, Egypt. Morphological and molecular studies were conducted for its identification. The results revealed that it is the Indo-West Pacific species, Metapenaeus affinis (H. Milne Edwards, 1837), which is co...

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Main Authors: Hamdy Omar Ahmed, Fatma A. Abdel Razek, Amal R. Khafage, Mostafa Sarhan, Taha Soliman, Hamdy Aly, Rabab S. El-Deeb, El-Sayed Abd Al-Aziz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-06-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Research
Subjects:
Morphological and molecular identification
New record
Metapenaeus affinis
Egyptian waters
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1687428521000200

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