Macrobrachium formosense

Macrobrachium formosense, the crane river prawn,^[3] is a species of freshwater shrimp in the family Palaemonidae. It lives in streams and rivers in Taiwan and southern Japan, including the Ryukyu Islands.^[1] Macrobrachium formosense reaches a carapace length of 10–20 millimetres (0.4–0.8 in).^[4]

Macrobrachium formosense
Museum specimen
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Caridea
Family:	Palaemonidae
Genus:	Macrobrachium
Species:	M. formosense
Binomial name
Macrobrachium formosense Spence Bate, 1868
Synonyms[2]
Palaemon riukiuensis Kubo, 1940 Palaemon similis Yu, 1931 Palemon longipes De Haan, 1849