''Macrobrachium'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of freshwater
prawns
Prawn is a common name for small aquatic crustaceans with an exoskeleton and ten legs (members of the order of decapods), some of which are edible.
The term ''prawn''Mortenson, Philip B (2010''This is not a weasel: a close look at nature's most ...
or
shrimps characterised by the extreme enlargement of the second pair of
pereiopod
The anatomy of a decapod consists of 20 body segments grouped into two main body parts: the cephalothorax and the pleon (abdomen). Each segment – often called a somite – may possess one pair of appendages, although in various groups these m ...
s, at least in the male.
Species
It contains these species:
*''
Macrobrachium acanthochirus''
F. Villalobos, 1967
*''
Macrobrachium acanthurus''
(Wiegmann, 1836)
*''
Macrobrachium acherontium''
Holthuis, 1977
*''
Macrobrachium adscitum''
Riek, 1951
*''
Macrobrachium aemulum''
(Nobili, 1906)
*''
Macrobrachium agwi''
Klotz, 2008
*''
Macrobrachium ahkowi
''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. Villalobos ...
''
Chong & Khoo, 1987
*''
Macrobrachium altifrons''
(Henderson, 1893)
*''
Macrobrachium amazonicum''
(Heller, 1862)
*''
Macrobrachium americanum''
Spence Bate, 1868
*''
Macrobrachium amplimanus''
Cai & Dai, 1999
*''
Macrobrachium andamanicum
''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. Villalobos, ...
''
(Tiwari, 1952)
*''
Macrobrachium aracamuni
''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. Villalobos, ...
''
Rodríguez, 1982
*''
Macrobrachium asperulum
''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. Villalobos, ...
''
(von Martens, 1868)
*''
Macrobrachium assamense
''Macrobrachium assamense'' is a species of freshwater shrimp
A shrimp (: shrimp (American English, US) or shrimps (British English, UK)) is a crustacean with an elongated body and a primarily Aquatic locomotion, swimming mode of locomotion ...
''
(Tiwari, 1958)
*''
Macrobrachium atabapense
''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. Villalobos, ...
''
S. Pereira, 1986
*''
Macrobrachium atactum
''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. Villalobos, ...
''
Riek, 1951
*''
Macrobrachium auratum
''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. Villalobos ...
''
Short, 2004
*''
Macrobrachium australe
''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. Villalobos ...
''
(Guérin-Méneville, 1838)
*''
Macrobrachium australiense
''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. Villalobos ...
''
Holthuis, 1950
*''
Macrobrachium banjarae
''Macrobrachium banjarae'' is a species of freshwater shrimp
A shrimp (: shrimp (American English, US) or shrimps (British English, UK)) is a crustacean with an elongated body and a primarily Aquatic locomotion, swimming mode of locomotion ...
''
(Tiwari, 1958)
*''
Macrobrachium bariense''
(De Man, 1892)
*''
Macrobrachium birai''
Lobão, Melo & Fernandes, 1986
*''
Macrobrachium birmanicum''
Schenkel, 1902
*''
Macrobrachium bombajense''
Almelkar & Sankolli, 2006
*''
Macrobrachium borellii''
(Nobili, 1896)
*''
Macrobrachium brasiliense''
(Heller, 1862)
*''
Macrobrachium brevicarpum''
Tan & Dong, 1996
*''
Macrobrachium bullatum''
Fincham, 1987
*''
Macrobrachium cacharense''
(Tiwari, 1952)
*''
Macrobrachium caledonicum''
(Roux, 1926)
*''
Macrobrachium callirrhoe''
(De Man, 1898)
*''
Macrobrachium canarae''
(Tiwari, 1958)
*''
Macrobrachium carcinus''
(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...
)
*''
Macrobrachium catonium''
H. H. Hobbs III & H. H. Hobbs Jr., 1995
*''
Macrobrachium cavernicola''
(Kemp, 1924)
*''
Macrobrachium chevalieri''
(Roux, 1935)
*''
Macrobrachium clymene''
(De Man, 1902)
*''
Macrobrachium cocoense''
Abele & W. Kim, 1984
*''
Macrobrachium cosolapaense''
Mejía-Ortíz & López-Mejía, 2011
*''
Macrobrachium cortezi''
Rodríguez, 1982
*''
Macrobrachium cowlesi''
Holthuis, 1950
*''
Macrobrachium crebrum''
Abele & W. Kim, 1989
*''
Macrobrachium crenulatum''
Holthuis, 1950
*''
Macrobrachium dalatense''
Nguyên, 2003
*''
Macrobrachium dayanum''
(Henderson, 1893)
*''
Macrobrachium denticulatum''
Ostrovski, Da Fonseca & Da Silva-Ferreira, 1996
*''
Macrobrachium depressimanum''
S. Pereira, 1993
*''
Macrobrachium dienbienphuense''
Đăng & B. Y. Nguyên, 1972
*''
Macrobrachium dierythrum''
S. Pereira, 1986
*''
Macrobrachium digitus''
Abele & W. Kim, 1989
*''
Macrobrachium digueti''
(Bouvier, 1895)
*''
Macrobrachium dolatum''
Cai, Naiyanetr & Ng, 2004
*''
Macrobrachium dolichodactylus''
(Hilgendorf, 1879)
*''
Macrobrachium duri''
Wowor & Ng, 2010
*''
Macrobrachium dux''
(Lenz, 1910)
*''
Macrobrachium edentatum''
Liang & Yan, 1986
*''
Macrobrachium elatum''
Jayachandran, 1987
*''
Macrobrachium elegantum''
Pan, Hou & S. Li, 2010
*''
Macrobrachium empulipke''
Wowor, 2010
*''
Macrobrachium equidens''
(Dana, 1852)
*''
Macrobrachium esculentum''
(Thallwitz, 1891)
*''
Macrobrachium faustinum''
(de Saussure, 1857)
*''
Macrobrachium felicinum''
Holthuis, 1949
*''
Macrobrachium ferreirai''
Kensley & Walker, 1982
*''
Macrobrachium feunteuni''
Keith & Vigneux, 2002
*''
Macrobrachium foai''
(Coutière, 1902)
*''
Macrobrachium forcipatum''
Ng, 1995
*''
Macrobrachium formosense''
Spence Bate, 1868
*''
Macrobrachium fukienense''
Liang & Yan, 1980
*''
Macrobrachium gallus''
Holthuis, 1952
*''
Macrobrachium gangeticum''
Spence Bate, 1868
*''
Macrobrachium glabrum''
Holthuis, 1995
*''
Macrobrachium gracilirostre''
(Miers, 1875)
*''
Macrobrachium grandimanus''
(Randall, 1840)
*''
Macrobrachium gua''
Chong, 1989
*''
Macrobrachium guangxiense''
Liang & Yan, 1981
*''
Macrobrachium gurudeve''
Jayachandran & Raji, 2005
*''
Macrobrachium hainanense''
(Parisi, 1919)
*''
Macrobrachium hancocki''
Holthuis, 1950
*''
Macrobrachium handschini''
(Roux, 1933)
*''
Macrobrachium hendersodayanum''
(Tiwari, 1952)
*''
Macrobrachium hendersoni''
(De Man, 1906)
*''
Macrobrachium heterochirus''
(Wiegmann, 1836)
*''
Macrobrachium heterorhynchos''
Guo & He, 2008
*''
Macrobrachium hildebrandti''
(Hilgendorf, 1893)
*''
Macrobrachium hirsutimanus''
(Tiwari, 1952)
*''
Macrobrachium hirtimanus''
(Olivier, 1811)
*''
Macrobrachium hobbsi''
Villalobos Hiriart & Natees Rodriguez, 1990
*''
Macrobrachium holthuisi''
Genofre & Lobão, 1978
*''
Macrobrachium horstii''
(De Man, 1892)
*''
Macrobrachium idae''
(Heller, 1862)
*''
Macrobrachium idella''
(Hilgendorf, 1898)
*''
Macrobrachium iheringi''
(Ortmann, 1897)
*''
Macrobrachium inca''
Holthuis, 1950
*''
Macrobrachium indianum''
Pillai et al., 2015
*''
Macrobrachium indicum''
Jayachandran & Joseph, 1986
*''
Macrobrachium inflatum''
Liang & Yan, 1985
*''
Macrobrachium inpa''
Kensley & Walker, 1982
*''
Macrobrachium insulare''
(Parisi, 1919)
*''
Macrobrachium jacatepecense''
Mejía-Ortíz & López-Mejía, 2011
*''
Macrobrachium jacobsoni''
Holthuis, 1950
*''
Macrobrachium japonicum''
(De Haan, 1849)
*''
Macrobrachium jaroense''
(Cowles, 1914)
*''
Macrobrachium jayasreei''
Jayachandran & Raji, 2005
*''
Macrobrachium jelskii''
(Miers, 1877)
*''
Macrobrachium jiangxiense''
Liang & Yan, 1985
*''
Macrobrachium johnsoni''
Ravindranath, 1979
*''
Macrobrachium joppae''
Holthuis, 1950
*''
Macrobrachium kelianense''
Wowor & Short, 2007
*''
Macrobrachium kempi''
(Tiwari, 1949)
*''
Macrobrachium kistnense''
(Tiwari, 1952)
*''
Macrobrachium kiukianense''
(Yu, 1931)
*''
Macrobrachium koombooloomba''
Short, 2004
*''
Macrobrachium koreana''
De Kwon, 1984
*''
Macrobrachium kulkarnii''
Almelkar & Sankolli, 2006
*''
Macrobrachium kunjuramani''
Jayachandran & Raji, 2005
*''
Macrobrachium lamarrei''
H. Milne-Edwards, 1837
*''
Macrobrachium lanatum''
Cai & Ng, 2002
*''
Macrobrachium lanceifrons''
(Dana, 1852)
*''
Macrobrachium lanchesteri''
(De Man, 1911)
*''
Macrobrachium lantau''
(Chow, Chan & Tsang, 2022)
*''
Macrobrachium lar''
(Fabricius, 1798)
*''
Macrobrachium latidactylus''
(Thallwitz, 1891)
*''
Macrobrachium latimanus''
(von Martens, 1868)
*''
Macrobrachium lepidactyloides''
(De Man, 1892)
*''
Macrobrachium lepidactylus''
(Hilgendorf, 1879)
*†''
Macrobrachium leptodactylus''
(De Man, 1892)
*''
Macrobrachium leucodactylus''
Wowor & Choy, 2001
*''
Macrobrachium lingyunense''
J. Li, Cai & Clarke, 2006
*''
Macrobrachium lopopodus''
Wowor & Choy, 2001
*''
Macrobrachium lorentzi''
(Roux, 1921)
*''
Macrobrachium lucifugum''
Holthuis, 1974
*''
Macrobrachium lujae''
(De Man, 1912)
*''
Macrobrachium macrobrachion''
(Herklots, 1851)
*''
Macrobrachium maculatum''
Liang & Yan, 1980
*''
Macrobrachium madhusoodani''
Unnikrishnan, P. M. Pillai & Jayachandran, 2011
*''
Macrobrachium malayanum''
(Roux, 1935)
*''
Macrobrachium malcolmsonii''
(H. Milne-Edwards, 1844)
*''
Macrobrachium mammillodactylus''
(Thallwitz, 1892)
*''
Macrobrachium manipurense''
(Tiwari, 1952)
*''
Macrobrachium manningi''
Pereira & Lasso, 2007
*''
Macrobrachium mazatecum''
Mejía-Ortíz & López-Mejía, 2011
*''
Macrobrachium meridionale''
Liang & Yan, 1983
*''
Macrobrachium michoacanus''
Villalobos Hiriart & Nates Rodriguez, 1990
*''
Macrobrachium microps''
Holthuis, 1978
*''
Macrobrachium mieni''
Đăng, 1975
*''
Macrobrachium minutum''
(Roux, 1917)
*''
Macrobrachium miyakoense''
Komai & Fujita, 2005
*''
Macrobrachium moorei''
(Calman, 1899)
*''
Macrobrachium naso''
(Kemp, 1918)
*''
Macrobrachium nattereri''
(Heller, 1862)
*''
Macrobrachium natulorum''
Holthuis, 1984
*''
Macrobrachium neglectum''
(De Man, 1905)
*''
Macrobrachium nepalense''
Kamita, 1974
*''
Macrobrachium niloticum''
(Roux, 1833)
*''
Macrobrachium niphanae
''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. Villalobos ...
''
Shokita & Takeda, 1989
*''
Macrobrachium nipponense''
(De Haan, 1849)
*''
Macrobrachium nobilii''
(Henderson & Matthai, 1910)
*''
Macrobrachium novaehollandiae''
(De Man, 1908)
*''
Macrobrachium oaxacae''
Mejía-Ortíz & López-Mejía, 2011
*''
Macrobrachium occidentale''
Holthuis, 1950
*''
Macrobrachium oenone''
(De Man, 1902)
*''
Macrobrachium ohione''
(Smith, 1874)
*''
Macrobrachium olfersii''
(Wiegmann, 1836)
*''
Macrobrachium oxyphilus''
Ng, 1992
*''
Macrobrachium panamense''
Rathbun, 1912
*''
Macrobrachium pantanalense''
dos Santos, Hayd & Anger, 2013
*''
Macrobrachium patheinense''
Phone & Suzuki, 2004
*''
Macrobrachium patsa''
(Coutière, 1899)
*''
Macrobrachium pectinatum''
S. Pereira, 1986
*''
Macrobrachium peguense''
(Tiwari, 1952)
*''
Macrobrachium pentazona''
He, Gao & Guo, 2009
*''
Macrobrachium petersii''
(Hilgendorf, 1879)
*''
Macrobrachium petiti''
(Roux, 1934)
*''
Macrobrachium petronioi''
Melo, Lobão & Fernandes, 1986
*''
Macrobrachium phongnhaense'' (
Tu & Cuong, 2015)
*''
Macrobrachium pilimanus''
(De Man, 1879)
*''
Macrobrachium pilosum''
Cai & Dai, 1999
*''
Macrobrachium placidulum''
(De Man, 1892)
*''
Macrobrachium placidum''
(De Man, 1892)
*''
Macrobrachium platycheles''
Ou & Yeo, 1995
*''
Macrobrachium platyrostris''
(Tiwari, 1952)
*''
Macrobrachium poeti''
Holthuis, 1984
*''
Macrobrachium potiuna''
(Müller, 1880)
*''
Macrobrachium praecox''
(Roux, 1928)
*''
Macrobrachium pumilum''
S. Pereira, 1986
*''
Macrobrachium purpureamanus''
Wowor, 1999
*''
Macrobrachium quelchi''
(De Man, 1900)
*''
Macrobrachium raridens''
(Hilgendorf, 1893)
*''
Macrobrachium rathbunae''
Holthuis, 1950
*''
Macrobrachium reyesi''
S. Pereira, 1986
*''
Macrobrachium rhodochir''
Ng, 1995
*''
Macrobrachium rodriguezi''
S. Pereira, 1986
*''
Macrobrachium rogersi''
(Tiwari, 1952)
*''
Macrobrachium rosenbergii
''Macrobrachium rosenbergii'', also known as the giant river prawn or giant freshwater prawn, is a commercially important species of Palaemonidae, palaemonid freshwater prawn. It is found throughout the tropical and subtropical areas of the I ...
''
(De Man, 1879)
*''
Macrobrachium rostratum''
X. Wang, 1997
*''
Macrobrachium rude''
(Heller, 1862)
*''
Macrobrachium sabanus''
Ng, 1994
*''
Macrobrachium saengphani''
Saengphan, Panijpan, Senapin, Suksomnit & Phiwsaiya, 2020
*''
Macrobrachium saigonense''
Nguyên, 2006
*''
Macrobrachium sankolli''
Jalihal & Shenoy ''in'' Jalihal, Shenoy & Sankolli, 1988
*''
Macrobrachium santanderensis''
Garcia-Perez & Villamizar, 2009
*''
Macrobrachium sbordonii''
Mejía-Ortíz, Baldari & López-Mejía, 2008
*''
Macrobrachium scabriculum''
(Heller, 1862)
*''
Macrobrachium scorteccii''
Maccagno, 1961
*''
Macrobrachium shaoi''
Cai & Jeng, 2001
*''
Macrobrachium shokitai''
Fujino & Baba, 1973
*''
Macrobrachium sintangense''
(De Man, 1898)
*''
Macrobrachium sirindhorn''
Naiyanetr, 2001
*''
Macrobrachium siwalikense''
(Tiwari, 1952)
*''
Macrobrachium sollaudii''
(De Man, 1912)
*''
Macrobrachium spinipes''
(Schenkel, 1902)
*''
Macrobrachium spinosum''
Cai & Ng, 2001
*''
Macrobrachium srilankense''
Costa, 1979
*''
Macrobrachium striatum''
N. N. Pillai, 1991
*''
Macrobrachium sulcatus''
(Henderson & Matthai, 1910)
*''
Macrobrachium sulcicarpale''
Holthuis, 1950
*''
Macrobrachium sundaicum''
(Heller, 1862)
*''
Macrobrachium suongae''
Nguyên, 2003
*''
Macrobrachium superbum''
(Heller, 1862)
*''
Macrobrachium surinamicum''
Holthuis, 1948
*''
Macrobrachium tenellum''
(Smith, 1871)
*''
Macrobrachium tenuirostrum''
X. Wang, 1997
*''
Macrobrachium thai''
Cai, Naiyanetr & Ng, 2004
*''
Macrobrachium therezieni''
Holthuis, 1965
*''
Macrobrachium thuylami''
Nguyên, 2006
*''
Macrobrachium thysi''
Powell, 1980
*''
Macrobrachium tiwarii''
Jalihal, Shenoy & Sankolli, 1988
*''
Macrobrachium tolmerum''
Riek, 1951
*''
Macrobrachium totonacum''
Mejía, Alvarez & Hartnoll, 2003
*''
Macrobrachium transandicum''
Holthuis, 1950
*''
Macrobrachium tratense''
Cai, Naiyanetr & Ng, 2004
*''
Macrobrachium trichodactylum''
Liang, Liu & Chen ''in'' Li, Liu, Liang & Chen, 2007
*''
Macrobrachium tuxtlaense''
Villalobos & Alvarez, 1999
*''
Macrobrachium unikarnatakae''
Jalihal, Shenoy & Sankolli, 1988
*''
Macrobrachium urayang''
Wowor & Short, 2007
*''
Macrobrachium veliense''
Jayachandran & Joseph, 1985
*''
Macrobrachium venustum
''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. Villalobos, 1 ...
''
(Parisi, 1919)
*''
Macrobrachium vicconi''
Román, Ortega & Mejía, 2000
*''
Macrobrachium vietnamiense''
Đăng ''in'' Đăng & B. Y. Nguyên, 1972
*''
Macrobrachium villalobosi''
H. H. Hobbs Jr., 1973
*''
Macrobrachium villosimanus''
(Tiwari, 1949)
*''
Macrobrachium vollenhoveni''
(Herklots, 1857)
*''
Macrobrachium walvanense''
Almelkar, Jalihal & Sankolli, 1999
*''
Macrobrachium wannanense''
Dai & Tan, 1993
*''
Macrobrachium weberi''
(De Man, 1892)
*''
Macrobrachium yui''
Holthuis, 1950
*''
Macrobrachium zariquieyi''
Holthuis, 1949
References
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Freshwater crustaceans
Taxa named by Charles Spence Bate