First record of peregrine shrimp Metapenaeus stebbingi Nobili, 1904 (Crustacea, Decapoda: Penaeidae) in the Iraqi waters, North-West Arabian Gulf

Authors

Tariq H Y Al-Maliky, Department of Marine Biology, Marine Science Centre, University of Basrah, Iraq.Follow
Raghad Zaidan Khalaf, Department of Ecology, College of Science, University of Basrah, Iraq.Follow
Adib H Zeini, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Tishreen University, Syria.Follow

Abstract

One male specimen of the species Metapenaeus stebbingi Nobili, 1904 was first recorded in November 2021 from the Iraqi territorial waters, Northwest of the Arabian Gulf. Therefore, the investigated shrimp species nominally corresponds to the original description of M. stebbing through the main diagnostic features. It must be adopted in the spread and expansion of species, a new record of the area, and a distinctive addition to the species of commercial shrimp within the Iraqi marine waters.

Keywords

Decapod, Malacostraca, Metapenaus stebbingi, Penaeid

Article Type

Article

How to Cite this Article

Al-Maliky, Tariq H Y; Khalaf, Raghad Zaidan; and Zeini, Adib H (2023) "First record of peregrine shrimp Metapenaeus stebbingi Nobili, 1904 (Crustacea, Decapoda: Penaeidae) in the Iraqi waters, North-West Arabian Gulf," Baghdad Science Journal: Vol. 20: Iss. 4, Article 15.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21123/bsj.2023.7336