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| Phylum : | Arthropoda |
| Class : | Crustacea |
| Series : | Eumalacostraca |
| Superorder : | Eucarida |
| Order : | Decapoda |
| Suborder : | Natantia |
| Infraorder : | Penaeidea |
| Superfamily : | Penaeoidea |
| Family : | Penaeidae |
| Genus : | Metapenaeopsis |
| Species : | barbata |
| Athority : | De Haan, (1844) |
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