''Macrobrachium'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of freshwater
prawns
Prawn is a common name for small aquatic crustaceans with an exoskeleton and ten legs (members of the order of decapods), some of which are edible.
The term ''prawn''Mortenson, Philip B (2010''This is not a weasel: a close look at nature's most ...
or
shrimps characterised by the extreme enlargement of the second pair of
pereiopod
The anatomy of a decapod consists of 20 body segments grouped into two main body parts: the cephalothorax and the pleon (abdomen). Each segment – often called a somite – may possess one pair of appendages, although in various groups these m ...
s, at least in the male.
Species
It contains these species:
*''
Macrobrachium acanthochirus''
F. Villalobos, 1967
*''
Macrobrachium acanthurus''
(Wiegmann, 1836)
*''
Macrobrachium acherontium''
Holthuis, 1977
*''
Macrobrachium adscitum''
Riek, 1951
*''
Macrobrachium aemulum''
(Nobili, 1906)
*''
Macrobrachium agwi''
Klotz, 2008
*''
Macrobrachium ahkowi
''Macrobrachium'' is a genus of freshwater prawns or shrimps characterised by the extreme enlargement of the second pair of pereiopods, at least in the male.
Species
It contains these species:
*'' Macrobrachium acanthochirus'' F. Villalobos ...
''
Chong & Khoo, 1987
*''
Macrobrachium altifrons''
(Henderson, 1893)
*''
Macrobrachium amazonicum''
(Heller, 1862)
*''
Macrobrachium americanum''
Spence Bate, 1868
*''
Macrobrachium amplimanus''
Cai & Dai, 1999
*''
Macrobrachium andamanicum
''Macrobrachium'' is a genus of freshwater prawns or shrimps characterised by the extreme enlargement of the second pair of pereiopods, at least in the male.
Species
It contains these species:
*'' Macrobrachium acanthochirus'' F. Villalobos, ...
''
(Tiwari, 1952)
*''
Macrobrachium aracamuni
''Macrobrachium'' is a genus of freshwater prawns or shrimps characterised by the extreme enlargement of the second pair of pereiopods, at least in the male.
Species
It contains these species:
*'' Macrobrachium acanthochirus'' F. Villalobos, ...
''
Rodríguez, 1982
*''
Macrobrachium asperulum
''Macrobrachium'' is a genus of freshwater prawns or shrimps characterised by the extreme enlargement of the second pair of pereiopods, at least in the male.
Species
It contains these species:
*'' Macrobrachium acanthochirus'' F. Villalobos, ...
''
(von Martens, 1868)
*''
Macrobrachium assamense
''Macrobrachium assamense'' is a species of freshwater shrimp
A shrimp (: shrimp (American English, US) or shrimps (British English, UK)) is a crustacean with an elongated body and a primarily Aquatic locomotion, swimming mode of locomotion ...
''
(Tiwari, 1958)
*''
Macrobrachium atabapense
''Macrobrachium'' is a genus of freshwater prawns or shrimps characterised by the extreme enlargement of the second pair of pereiopods, at least in the male.
Species
It contains these species:
*'' Macrobrachium acanthochirus'' F. Villalobos, ...
''
S. Pereira, 1986
*''
Macrobrachium atactum
''Macrobrachium'' is a genus of freshwater prawns or shrimps characterised by the extreme enlargement of the second pair of pereiopods, at least in the male.
Species
It contains these species:
*'' Macrobrachium acanthochirus'' F. Villalobos, ...
''
Riek, 1951
*''
Macrobrachium auratum
''Macrobrachium'' is a genus of freshwater prawns or shrimps characterised by the extreme enlargement of the second pair of pereiopods, at least in the male.
Species
It contains these species:
*'' Macrobrachium acanthochirus'' F. Villalobos ...
''
Short, 2004
*''
Macrobrachium australe
''Macrobrachium'' is a genus of freshwater prawns or shrimps characterised by the extreme enlargement of the second pair of pereiopods, at least in the male.
Species
It contains these species:
*'' Macrobrachium acanthochirus'' F. Villalobos ...
''
(Guérin-Méneville, 1838)
*''
Macrobrachium australiense
''Macrobrachium'' is a genus of freshwater prawns or shrimps characterised by the extreme enlargement of the second pair of pereiopods, at least in the male.
Species
It contains these species:
*'' Macrobrachium acanthochirus'' F. Villalobos ...
''
Holthuis, 1950
*''
Macrobrachium banjarae
''Macrobrachium banjarae'' is a species of freshwater shrimp
A shrimp (: shrimp (American English, US) or shrimps (British English, UK)) is a crustacean with an elongated body and a primarily Aquatic locomotion, swimming mode of locomotion ...
''
(Tiwari, 1958)
*''
Macrobrachium bariense''
(De Man, 1892)
*''
Macrobrachium birai''
Lobão, Melo & Fernandes, 1986
*''
Macrobrachium birmanicum''
Schenkel, 1902
*''
Macrobrachium bombajense''
Almelkar & Sankolli, 2006
*''
Macrobrachium borellii''
(Nobili, 1896)
*''
Macrobrachium brasiliense''
(Heller, 1862)
*''
Macrobrachium brevicarpum''
Tan & Dong, 1996
*''
Macrobrachium bullatum''
Fincham, 1987
*''
Macrobrachium cacharense''
(Tiwari, 1952)
*''
Macrobrachium caledonicum''
(Roux, 1926)
*''
Macrobrachium callirrhoe''
(De Man, 1898)
*''
Macrobrachium canarae''
(Tiwari, 1958)
*''
Macrobrachium carcinus
''Macrobrachium carcinus'' is a species of fresh water shrimp known as the big claw river shrimp. It is native to streams, rivers and creeks from Florida to southern Brazil. It is the largest known species of Neotropical freshwater shrimp, growi ...
''
(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...
)
*''
Macrobrachium catonium''
H. H. Hobbs III & H. H. Hobbs Jr., 1995
*''
Macrobrachium cavernicola''
(Kemp, 1924)
*''
Macrobrachium chevalieri''
(Roux, 1935)
*''
Macrobrachium clymene''
(De Man, 1902)
*''
Macrobrachium cocoense''
Abele & W. Kim, 1984
*''
Macrobrachium cosolapaense''
Mejía-Ortíz & López-Mejía, 2011
*''
Macrobrachium cortezi''
Rodríguez, 1982
*''
Macrobrachium cowlesi''
Holthuis, 1950
*''
Macrobrachium crebrum''
Abele & W. Kim, 1989
*''
''
Holthuis, 1950
*''
Macrobrachium dalatense''
Nguyên, 2003
*''
Macrobrachium dayanum''
(Henderson, 1893)
*''
Macrobrachium denticulatum''
Ostrovski, Da Fonseca & Da Silva-Ferreira, 1996
*''
Macrobrachium depressimanum''
S. Pereira, 1993
*''
Macrobrachium dienbienphuense''
Đăng & B. Y. Nguyên, 1972
*''
Macrobrachium dierythrum''
S. Pereira, 1986
*''
Macrobrachium digitus''
Abele & W. Kim, 1989
*''
Macrobrachium digueti''
(Bouvier, 1895)
*''
Macrobrachium dolatum''
Cai, Naiyanetr & Ng, 2004
*''
Macrobrachium dolichodactylus''
(Hilgendorf, 1879)
*''
Macrobrachium duri''
Wowor & Ng, 2010
*''
Macrobrachium dux''
(Lenz, 1910)
*''
Macrobrachium edentatum''
Liang & Yan, 1986
*''
Macrobrachium elatum''
Jayachandran, 1987
*''
Macrobrachium elegantum''
Pan, Hou & S. Li, 2010
*''
Macrobrachium empulipke''
Wowor, 2010
*''
Macrobrachium equidens''
(Dana, 1852)
*''
Macrobrachium esculentum''
(Thallwitz, 1891)
*''
Macrobrachium faustinum''
(de Saussure, 1857)
*''
Macrobrachium felicinum''
Holthuis, 1949
*''
Macrobrachium ferreirai''
Kensley & Walker, 1982
*''
Macrobrachium feunteuni''
Keith & Vigneux, 2002
*''
Macrobrachium foai''
(Coutière, 1902)
*''
Macrobrachium forcipatum''
Ng, 1995
*''
Macrobrachium formosense''
Spence Bate, 1868
*''
Macrobrachium fukienense''
Liang & Yan, 1980
*''
Macrobrachium gallus''
Holthuis, 1952
*''
Macrobrachium gangeticum''
Spence Bate, 1868
*''
Macrobrachium glabrum''
Holthuis, 1995
*''
Macrobrachium gracilirostre''
(Miers, 1875)
*''
Macrobrachium grandimanus''
(Randall, 1840)
*''
Macrobrachium gua''
Chong, 1989
*''
Macrobrachium guangxiense''
Liang & Yan, 1981
*''
Macrobrachium gurudeve''
Jayachandran & Raji, 2005
*''
Macrobrachium hainanense''
(Parisi, 1919)
*''
Macrobrachium hancocki''
Holthuis, 1950
*''
Macrobrachium handschini''
(Roux, 1933)
*''
Macrobrachium hendersodayanum''
(Tiwari, 1952)
*''
Macrobrachium hendersoni''
(De Man, 1906)
*''
Macrobrachium heterochirus''
(Wiegmann, 1836)
*''
Macrobrachium heterorhynchos''
Guo & He, 2008
*''
Macrobrachium hildebrandti''
(Hilgendorf, 1893)
*''
Macrobrachium hirsutimanus''
(Tiwari, 1952)
*''
Macrobrachium hirtimanus''
(Olivier, 1811)
*''
Macrobrachium hobbsi''
Villalobos Hiriart & Natees Rodriguez, 1990
*''
Macrobrachium holthuisi''
Genofre & Lobão, 1978
*''
Macrobrachium horstii''
(De Man, 1892)
*''
Macrobrachium idae''
(Heller, 1862)
*''
Macrobrachium idella''
(Hilgendorf, 1898)
*''
Macrobrachium iheringi''
(Ortmann, 1897)
*''
Macrobrachium inca''
Holthuis, 1950
*''
Macrobrachium indianum
''Macrobrachium indianum'' is a species of freshwater prawn of South India. It was first described in 2015. This freshwater prawn was described from Pamba River, Kerala
Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, state on the ...
''
Pillai et al., 2015
*''
Macrobrachium indicum''
Jayachandran & Joseph, 1986
*''
Macrobrachium inflatum''
Liang & Yan, 1985
*''
Macrobrachium inpa''
Kensley & Walker, 1982
*''
Macrobrachium insulare''
(Parisi, 1919)
*''
Macrobrachium jacatepecense''
Mejía-Ortíz & López-Mejía, 2011
*''
Macrobrachium jacobsoni''
Holthuis, 1950
*''
Macrobrachium japonicum''
(De Haan, 1849)
*''
Macrobrachium jaroense''
(Cowles, 1914)
*''
Macrobrachium jayasreei''
Jayachandran & Raji, 2005
*''
Macrobrachium jelskii''
(Miers, 1877)
*''
Macrobrachium jiangxiense''
Liang & Yan, 1985
*''
Macrobrachium johnsoni''
Ravindranath, 1979
*''
Macrobrachium joppae''
Holthuis, 1950
*''
Macrobrachium kelianense''
Wowor & Short, 2007
*''
Macrobrachium kempi''
(Tiwari, 1949)
*''
Macrobrachium kistnense''
(Tiwari, 1952)
*''
Macrobrachium kiukianense''
(Yu, 1931)
*''
Macrobrachium koombooloomba''
Short, 2004
*''
Macrobrachium koreana''
De Kwon, 1984
*''
Macrobrachium kulkarnii''
Almelkar & Sankolli, 2006
*''
Macrobrachium kunjuramani''
Jayachandran & Raji, 2005
*''
Macrobrachium lamarrei''
H. Milne-Edwards, 1837
*''
Macrobrachium lanatum''
Cai & Ng, 2002
*''
Macrobrachium lanceifrons''
(Dana, 1852)
*''
Macrobrachium lanchesteri''
(De Man, 1911)
*''
Macrobrachium lantau''
(Chow, Chan & Tsang, 2022)
*''
Macrobrachium lar''
(Fabricius, 1798)
*''
Macrobrachium latidactylus''
(Thallwitz, 1891)
*''
Macrobrachium latimanus''
(von Martens, 1868)
*''
Macrobrachium lepidactyloides''
(De Man, 1892)
*''
Macrobrachium lepidactylus''
(Hilgendorf, 1879)
*†''
Macrobrachium leptodactylus''
(De Man, 1892)
*''
Macrobrachium leucodactylus''
Wowor & Choy, 2001
*''
Macrobrachium lingyunense''
J. Li, Cai & Clarke, 2006
*''
Macrobrachium lopopodus''
Wowor & Choy, 2001
*''
Macrobrachium lorentzi''
(Roux, 1921)
*''
Macrobrachium lucifugum''
Holthuis, 1974
*''
Macrobrachium lujae''
(De Man, 1912)
*''
Macrobrachium macrobrachion''
(Herklots, 1851)
*''
Macrobrachium maculatum''
Liang & Yan, 1980
*''
Macrobrachium madhusoodani''
Unnikrishnan, P. M. Pillai & Jayachandran, 2011
*''
Macrobrachium malayanum''
(Roux, 1935)
*''
Macrobrachium malcolmsonii''
(H. Milne-Edwards, 1844)
*''
Macrobrachium mammillodactylus''
(Thallwitz, 1892)
*''
Macrobrachium manipurense''
(Tiwari, 1952)
*''
Macrobrachium manningi''
Pereira & Lasso, 2007
*''
Macrobrachium mazatecum''
Mejía-Ortíz & López-Mejía, 2011
*''
Macrobrachium meridionale''
Liang & Yan, 1983
*''
Macrobrachium michoacanus''
Villalobos Hiriart & Nates Rodriguez, 1990
*''
Macrobrachium microps''
Holthuis, 1978
*''
Macrobrachium mieni''
Đăng, 1975
*''
Macrobrachium minutum''
(Roux, 1917)
*''
Macrobrachium miyakoense''
Komai & Fujita, 2005
*''
Macrobrachium moorei''
(Calman, 1899)
*''
Macrobrachium naso''
(Kemp, 1918)
*''
Macrobrachium nattereri''
(Heller, 1862)
*''
Macrobrachium natulorum''
Holthuis, 1984
*''
Macrobrachium neglectum''
(De Man, 1905)
*''
Macrobrachium nepalense''
Kamita, 1974
*''
Macrobrachium niloticum''
(Roux, 1833)
*''
Macrobrachium niphanae
''Macrobrachium'' is a genus of freshwater prawns or shrimps characterised by the extreme enlargement of the second pair of pereiopods, at least in the male.
Species
It contains these species:
*'' Macrobrachium acanthochirus'' F. Villalobos ...
''
Shokita & Takeda, 1989
*''
Macrobrachium nipponense''
(De Haan, 1849)
*''
Macrobrachium nobilii''
(Henderson & Matthai, 1910)
*''
Macrobrachium novaehollandiae''
(De Man, 1908)
*''
Macrobrachium oaxacae''
Mejía-Ortíz & López-Mejía, 2011
*''
Macrobrachium occidentale''
Holthuis, 1950
*''
Macrobrachium oenone''
(De Man, 1902)
*''
Macrobrachium ohione
''Macrobrachium ohione'', commonly known as the Ohio shrimp, Ohio river shrimp or Ohio river prawn, is a species of freshwater shrimp found in rivers throughout the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean drainage basins of North America. It is the bes ...
''
(Smith, 1874)
*''
Macrobrachium olfersii''
(Wiegmann, 1836)
*''
Macrobrachium oxyphilus''
Ng, 1992
*''
Macrobrachium panamense''
Rathbun, 1912
*''
Macrobrachium pantanalense''
dos Santos, Hayd & Anger, 2013
*''
Macrobrachium patheinense''
Phone & Suzuki, 2004
*''
Macrobrachium patsa''
(Coutière, 1899)
*''
Macrobrachium pectinatum''
S. Pereira, 1986
*''
Macrobrachium peguense''
(Tiwari, 1952)
*''
Macrobrachium pentazona''
He, Gao & Guo, 2009
*''
Macrobrachium petersii''
(Hilgendorf, 1879)
*''
Macrobrachium petiti''
(Roux, 1934)
*''
Macrobrachium petronioi''
Melo, Lobão & Fernandes, 1986
*''
Macrobrachium phongnhaense'' (
Tu & Cuong, 2015)
*''
Macrobrachium pilimanus''
(De Man, 1879)
*''
Macrobrachium pilosum''
Cai & Dai, 1999
*''
Macrobrachium placidulum''
(De Man, 1892)
*''
Macrobrachium placidum''
(De Man, 1892)
*''
Macrobrachium platycheles''
Ou & Yeo, 1995
*''
Macrobrachium platyrostris''
(Tiwari, 1952)
*''
Macrobrachium poeti''
Holthuis, 1984
*''
Macrobrachium potiuna''
(Müller, 1880)
*''
Macrobrachium praecox''
(Roux, 1928)
*''
Macrobrachium pumilum''
S. Pereira, 1986
*''
Macrobrachium purpureamanus''
Wowor, 1999
*''
Macrobrachium quelchi''
(De Man, 1900)
*''
Macrobrachium raridens''
(Hilgendorf, 1893)
*''
Macrobrachium rathbunae''
Holthuis, 1950
*''
Macrobrachium reyesi''
S. Pereira, 1986
*''
Macrobrachium rhodochir''
Ng, 1995
*''
Macrobrachium rodriguezi''
S. Pereira, 1986
*''
Macrobrachium rogersi''
(Tiwari, 1952)
*''
Macrobrachium rosenbergii
''Macrobrachium rosenbergii'', also known as the giant river prawn or giant freshwater prawn, is a commercially important species of Palaemonidae, palaemonid freshwater prawn. It is found throughout the tropical and subtropical areas of the I ...
''
(De Man, 1879)
*''
Macrobrachium rostratum''
X. Wang, 1997
*''
Macrobrachium rude
''Macrobrachium'' is a genus of freshwater prawns or shrimps characterised by the extreme enlargement of the second pair of pereiopods, at least in the male.
Species
It contains these species:
*'' Macrobrachium acanthochirus'' F. Villalobos, ...
''
(Heller, 1862)
*''
Macrobrachium sabanus''
Ng, 1994
*''
Macrobrachium saengphani''
Saengphan, Panijpan, Senapin, Suksomnit & Phiwsaiya, 2020
*''
Macrobrachium saigonense''
Nguyên, 2006
*''
Macrobrachium sankolli''
Jalihal & Shenoy ''in'' Jalihal, Shenoy & Sankolli, 1988
*''
Macrobrachium santanderensis''
Garcia-Perez & Villamizar, 2009
*''
Macrobrachium sbordonii''
Mejía-Ortíz, Baldari & López-Mejía, 2008
*''
Macrobrachium scabriculum''
(Heller, 1862)
*''
Macrobrachium scorteccii''
Maccagno, 1961
*''
Macrobrachium shaoi''
Cai & Jeng, 2001
*''
Macrobrachium shokitai''
Fujino & Baba, 1973
*''
Macrobrachium sintangense''
(De Man, 1898)
*''
Macrobrachium sirindhorn''
Naiyanetr, 2001
*''
Macrobrachium siwalikense''
(Tiwari, 1952)
*''
Macrobrachium sollaudii''
(De Man, 1912)
*''
Macrobrachium spinipes''
(Schenkel, 1902)
*''
Macrobrachium spinosum''
Cai & Ng, 2001
*''
Macrobrachium srilankense''
Costa, 1979
*''
Macrobrachium striatum''
N. N. Pillai, 1991
*''
Macrobrachium sulcatus''
(Henderson & Matthai, 1910)
*''
Macrobrachium sulcicarpale''
Holthuis, 1950
*''
Macrobrachium sundaicum''
(Heller, 1862)
*''
Macrobrachium suongae''
Nguyên, 2003
*''
Macrobrachium superbum''
(Heller, 1862)
*''
Macrobrachium surinamicum''
Holthuis, 1948
*''
Macrobrachium tenellum''
(Smith, 1871)
*''
Macrobrachium tenuirostrum''
X. Wang, 1997
*''
Macrobrachium thai''
Cai, Naiyanetr & Ng, 2004
*''
Macrobrachium therezieni''
Holthuis, 1965
*''
Macrobrachium thuylami''
Nguyên, 2006
*''
Macrobrachium thysi''
Powell, 1980
*''
Macrobrachium tiwarii''
Jalihal, Shenoy & Sankolli, 1988
*''
Macrobrachium tolmerum''
Riek, 1951
*''
Macrobrachium totonacum''
Mejía, Alvarez & Hartnoll, 2003
*''
Macrobrachium transandicum''
Holthuis, 1950
*''
Macrobrachium tratense''
Cai, Naiyanetr & Ng, 2004
*''
Macrobrachium trichodactylum''
Liang, Liu & Chen ''in'' Li, Liu, Liang & Chen, 2007
*''
Macrobrachium tuxtlaense''
Villalobos & Alvarez, 1999
*''
Macrobrachium unikarnatakae''
Jalihal, Shenoy & Sankolli, 1988
*''
Macrobrachium urayang''
Wowor & Short, 2007
*''
Macrobrachium veliense''
Jayachandran & Joseph, 1985
*''
Macrobrachium venustum
''Macrobrachium'' is a genus of freshwater prawns or shrimps characterised by the extreme enlargement of the second pair of pereiopods, at least in the male.
Species
It contains these species:
*''Macrobrachium acanthochirus'' F. Villalobos, 1 ...
''
(Parisi, 1919)
*''
Macrobrachium vicconi''
Román, Ortega & Mejía, 2000
*''
Macrobrachium vietnamiense''
Đăng ''in'' Đăng & B. Y. Nguyên, 1972
*''
Macrobrachium villalobosi''
H. H. Hobbs Jr., 1973
*''
Macrobrachium villosimanus''
(Tiwari, 1949)
*''
Macrobrachium vollenhoveni''
(Herklots, 1857)
*''
Macrobrachium walvanense''
Almelkar, Jalihal & Sankolli, 1999
*''
Macrobrachium wannanense''
Dai & Tan, 1993
*''
Macrobrachium weberi''
(De Man, 1892)
*''
Macrobrachium yui''
Holthuis, 1950
*''
Macrobrachium zariquieyi''
Holthuis, 1949
References
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