Macrobrachium scabriculum

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Macrobrachium scabriculum

Macrobrachium scabriculum is a species of freshwater shrimp. It is distributed in countries and territories around the Indian Ocean (East Africa, Madagascar, South Asia, Sumatra).[1] It is known as Goda River prawn.[2][3] The total length of male prawns become about 6.5 cm long and in females it is about 5 cm. A kind of fur develop on the chelipeds of males. Eggs produced by M. scabriculum are smaller in size, brownish in color, elliptical or oval in shape[4] and hatched larvae undergone migration to low saline water for completion its life cycle.[5]

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Macrobrachium scabriculum
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From Kerala, India.
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Palaemonidae
Genus: Macrobrachium
Species:
M. scabriculum
Binomial name
Macrobrachium scabriculum
Heller, 1862
Synonyms
  • Palaemon scabriculus Heller, 1862
  • Palaemon dolichodactylus Hilgendorf, 1879
  • Palaemon dubius Henderson and Matthai, 1910
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Macrobrachium scabriculum inhabit fresh and brackish water of larger rivers and streams.[1]

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