Macrobrachium zariquieyi is a
freshwater prawn belonging to the
genus ''
Macrobrachium
''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. Villalobo ...
'' and the family
Palaemonidae. It is found in
West Africa and reported in Côte d'Ivoire river. The species name of this species is dedicated to Ricardo Zariquiey who worked on Spanish
decapods.
[Holthuis, L.B., 1949. On some species of Macrobrachium (Crustacea Decapoda) from West Africa.— Eos, Revista Española de Entomología vol. 25, pp. 175-185]
References
Palaemonidae
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