Macrobrachium hancocki

Macrobrachium hancocki is a species of freshwater shrimp found from Costa Rica southwards to Colombia and on Cocos Island and the Galápagos Islands.^[1] The species primarily inhabits swamp waters, small streams and stagnant pools. This species was first described in 1958.^[2]

Macrobrachium hancocki
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. hancocki
Binomial name
Macrobrachium hancocki Holthuis, 1950