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 | |
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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 | |
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References
- "Macrobrachium scabriculum". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
- "ADW: Macrobrachium scabriculum: CLASSIFICATION". animaldiversity.org.
- 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.
- "Macrobrachium scabriculum". Aquarium Glaser GmbH. December 18, 2017.
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