Metapenaeus ensis

{{Short description|Species of crustacean}}

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| name = Metapenaeus ensis

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| taxon = Metapenaeus ensis

| authority = (De Haan, 1844)

| synonyms = Metapenaeus mastersii Hall, 1962

| synonyms_ref =  {{cite web |author=Sammy De Grave |year=2010 |title=Metapenaeus ensis (De Haan, 1844) |publisher=World Register of Marine Species |url=http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=210392 |access-date=September 18, 2011}}

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Metapenaeus ensis (sometimes called the greasyback shrimp or sand shrimp) is a species of prawn.{{cite journal |author=Jesse D. Ronquillo & Toshio Saisho |year=1993 |title=Early developmental stages of greasyback shrimp, Metapenaeus ensis (de Haan, 1844) (Crustacea, Decapoda, Penaeidae) |journal=Journal of Plankton Research |volume=15 |issue=10 |pages=1177–1206 |doi=10.1093/plankt/15.10.1177|doi-access=free }}{{cite journal |author=Pei-Li Gu and Siu-Ming Chan |title=Cloning of a cDNA encoding a putative molt-inhibiting hormone from the eyestalk of the sand shrimp Metapenaeus ensis |journal=Molecular Marine Biology and Biotechnology |year=1998 |volume=7 |issue=3 |pages=214–220 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/13582911_Cloning_of_a_cDNA_encoding_a_putative_molt-inhibiting_hormone_from_the_eyestalk_of_the_sand_shrimp_Metapenaeus_ensis |pmid=9701616}}