
Short, J. W., 2015. Mangrove Estuary Shrimps of the Mimika Region – Papua, Indonesia...
Short, J. W., 2015. Mangrove Estuary Shrimps of the Mimika Region - Papua, Indonesia.
An account of the 51 species of the mangrove estuary shrimps (Decapoda and Stomatopoda) known from the Mimika region, Indonesia on the island of NewGuinea.
The families and genera reported include:
Clorida, Cloridopsis and Harpiosquilla Stomatopoda: Squillidae - mantis shrimps)
Atypopenaeus, Metapenaeus, Parapenaeopsis, Penaeus and Trachypenaeus (Decapoda:Dendrobranchiata: Penaeidae - commercial prawns)
Acetes (Decapoda: Dendrobranchiata: Sergestidae - paste shrimps)
Alpheus (Decapoda: Pleocyemata: Caridea: Alpheidae - snapping shrimps or pistol shrimps)
Atyopsis, Caridina (Decapda: Pleocyemata: Caridea: Atyidae - brush shrimps and fan shrimps)
Leandrites, Palaemon, Macrobrachium (Decapoda: Pleocyemata: Caridea: Palaemonidae - long-armed shrimps or long-armed prawns including river prawns or river shrimps)