Macrobrachium scabriculum

Macrobrachium scabriculum is a species of freshwater shrimp distributed widely in Indo-Pacific region. It is known as Goda River prawn.[1][2] 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[3] and hatched larvae undergone migration to low saline water for completion its life cycle.[4]

Macrobrachium scabriculum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
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

References

  1. "Macrobrachium scabriculum". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  2. "ADW: Macrobrachium scabriculum: CLASSIFICATION". animaldiversity.org.
  3. Jalihal, D. R.; Shenoy, S.; Sankolli, K. N. (1988). "Freshwater prawns of the genus Macrobrachium Bate, 1868 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Palaemonidae) from Karnataka, India" (PDF). Records of the Zoological Survey of India. 112.
  4. "Macrobrachium scabriculum". Aquarium Glaser GmbH. December 18, 2017.


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