Macrobrachium formosense

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Macrobrachium formosense
Museum specimen
Scientific classification Edit this 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
Synonyms[2]
  • Palaemon riukiuensis Kubo, 1940
  • Palaemon similis Yu, 1931
  • Palemon longipes De Haan, 1849

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]

References

  1. ^ a b De Grave, S.; Shy, J. (2013). "Macrobrachium formosense". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T197767A2499146. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T197767A2499146.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Charles Fransen (2013). "Macrobrachium formosense Spence Bate, 1868". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
  3. ^ "Macrobrachium formosense Bate, 1868". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
  4. ^ Otomi Jun; Nakabayashi Naoyuki (1999). "Reproductive biology of the crane river prawn Macrobrachium formosense". Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi. 65 (3): 473–479.