Common Names Summary - Metapenaeus joyneri
Common name of Metapenaeus joyneri
 
Common Name Shiba shrimp
Language English
Type FAO
Official Trade Name No
Rank 1 - (Legal common name (unique))
Territory UK Great Britain & N. Ireland
Locality
Ref. Holthuis, L.B., 1980
Life Stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core morphology
1st Modifier habitat/ecology
2nd Modifier
Remarks 'shrimp' from Old Norse 'skorpna', i.e., 'to shrivel up'; 'shiba' from Japanese, i.e., lawn, sod, turf.
Glossary [ e.g. cnidaria]
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