| Citation | Carpenter, K.E. and V.H. Niem, 1998 FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Vol. 2. Cephalopods, crustaceans, holothurians and sharks. Rome, FAO. Pp. 687-1396. |
| Ref. | 346 Carpenter, K.E. and V.H. Niem, 1998 |
| Page | 933 |
| Named Used as Valid | Metapenaeopsis wellsi |
| Locality | |
| Distribution | northern Australia. |