Phylum : | Arthropoda |
Class : | Crustacea |
Series : | Eumalacostraca |
Superorder : | Eucarida |
Order : | Decapoda |
Suborder : | Natantia |
Infraorder : | Penaeidea |
Superfamily : | Penaeoidea |
Family : | Penaeidae |
Genus : | Metapenaeus |
Species : | brevicornis |
Athority : | H. Milne Edwards, 1837 |