{{Short description|Genus of crustaceans}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Humpback prawn (Metapenaeopsis lamellata) (45828890731).jpg | image_caption = ''Metapenaeopsis lamellata'' | taxon = Metapenaeopsis | authority = Bouvier, 1905 | type_species = ''Metapenaeopsis pubescens'' | type_species_authority = Bouvier, 1905 }}

'''''Metapenaeopsis''''', the velvet shrimps, is a prawn genus in the family Penaeidae. It contains the following species:<ref>{{cite web |author=Sammy De Grave & Michael Türkay |year=2010 |title=''Metapenaeopsis'' Bouvier, 1905 |publisher=World Register of Marine Species |url=http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106817 |access-date=November 7, 2010}}</ref> {{Div col|colwidth=26em}} * ''Metapenaeopsis acclivis'' <small>(Rathbun, 1902)</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis aegyptia'' <small>Galil & Golani, 1990</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis andamanensis'' <small>(Wood-Mason ''in'' Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891)</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis angusta'' <small>Crosnier, 1987</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis assimilis'' <small>(De Man, 1920)</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis barbata'' <small>(De Haan, 1844)</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis batei'' <small>(Miers, 1884a)</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis beebei'' <small>(Burkenroad, 1938)</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis ceylonica'' <small>Starobogatov, 1972</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis commensalis'' <small>Borradaile, 1899</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis coniger'' <small>(Wood-Mason ''in'' Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891)</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis costata'' <small>Crosnier, 1991</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis crassissima'' <small>Racek & Dall, 1965</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis dalei'' <small>(Rathbun, 1902)</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis difficilis'' <small>Crosnier, 1991</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis distincta'' <small>(De Man, 1907)</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis dura'' <small>Kubo, 1949</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis aegyptia'' <small>Galil & Golani, 1990</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis erythraea'' <small>Crosnier, 1987</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis evermanni'' <small>(Rathbun, 1906)</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis faouzii'' <small>(Ramadan, 1938)</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis fusca'' <small>Manning, R.J.G., 1988</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis gaillardi'' <small>Crosnier, 1991</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis gallensis'' <small>(Pearson, 1905)</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis gerardoi'' <small>Pérez Farfante, 1971</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis goodei'' <small>(Smith, 1885b)</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis hilarula'' <small>(De Man, 1911)</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis hobbsi'' <small>Pérez Farfante, 1971</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis incisa'' <small>Crosnier, 1991</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis ivanovi'' <small>Crosnier, 1994</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis kishinouyei'' <small>(Rathbun, 1902)</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis kuboi'' <small>Ivanov & Hassan, 1976</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis kyushuensis'' <small>(Yokoya, 1933)</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis lamellata'' <small>(De Haan, 1844)</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis lata'' <small>Kubo, 1949</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis laubieri'' <small>Crosnier, 1991</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis lindae'' <small>R. J. G. Manning, 1988</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis liui'' <small>Crosnier, 1987</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis mannarensis'' <small>De Bruin, 1965</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis manningi'' <small>Crosnier, 1994</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis marquesas'' <small>Crosnier, 1991</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis martinella'' <small>Pérez Farfante, 1971</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis menoui'' <small>Crosnier, 1991</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis miersi'' <small>(Holthuis, 1952)</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis mineri'' <small>Burkenroad, 1934</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis mogiensis'' <small>Rathbun, 1902</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis novaeguineae'' <small>(Haswell, 1879)</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis palmensis'' <small>(Haswell, 1879)</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis parahilarula'' <small>Crosnier, 1991</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis parapalmensis'' <small>Crosnier, 1994</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis perlarum'' <small>Nobili, 1905</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis persica'' <small>Crosnier, 1991</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis philippii'' <small>(Bate, 1881)</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis propinqua'' <small>Crosnier, 1991</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis provocatoria'' <small>Racek & Dall, 1965</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis proxima'' <small>Crosnier, 1991</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis quadrilobata'' <small>Crosnier, 1991</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis quinquedentata'' <small>(De Man, 1907)</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis richeri'' <small>Crosnier, 1991</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis rosea'' <small>Racek & Dall, 1965</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis scotti'' <small>Champion, 1973</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis sibogae'' <small>(De Man, 1907)</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis sinica'' <small>Liu & Zhong ''in'' R. Liu & Zhong, 1983</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis sinuosa'' <small>Dall, 1957</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis smithi'' <small>(Schmitt, 1924)</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis spatulata'' <small>Crosnier, 1991</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis spiridonovi'' <small>Crosnier, 1991</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis stokmani'' <small>Burukovsky, 1990</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis stridulans'' <small>(Alcock, 1905)</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis tarawensis'' <small>Racek & Dall, 1965</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis tchekunovae'' <small>Starobogatov, 1972</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis tenella'' <small>Liu & Zhong ''in'' R. Liu & Zhong, 1983</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis toloensis'' <small>Hall, 1962</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis vaillanti'' <small>(Nobili, 1904)</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis velutina'' <small>(Dana, 1852)</small> * ''Metapenaeopsis wellsi'' <small>Racek, 1967</small> {{Div col end}}

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