Macrobrachium
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Macrobrachium is a genus
of freshwater
shrimp
characterised by the extreme enlargement of the second pair of pereiopods, at least in the male. It contains the following species:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of freshwater
Freshwater
Fresh water is naturally occurring water on the Earth's surface in ice sheets, ice caps, glaciers, bogs, ponds, lakes, rivers and streams, and underground as groundwater in aquifers and underground streams. Fresh water is generally characterized by having low concentrations of dissolved salts and...
shrimp
Shrimp
Shrimp are swimming, decapod crustaceans classified in the infraorder Caridea, found widely around the world in both fresh and salt water. Adult shrimp are filter feeding benthic animals living close to the bottom. They can live in schools and can swim rapidly backwards. Shrimp are an important...
characterised by the extreme enlargement of the second pair of pereiopods, at least in the male. It contains the following species:
- Macrobrachium acanthochirus Villalobos, 1967
- Macrobrachium acanthurus (Wiegmann, 1836)
- Macrobrachium acherontium Holthuis, 1977
- Macrobrachium adscitum Riek, 1951
- Macrobrachium aemulum (Nobili, 1906)
- Macrobrachium ahkowi Chong & Koo, 1987
- Macrobrachium altifrons (Henderson, 1893)
- Macrobrachium amazonicum (Heller, 1862)
- Macrobrachium americanum Bate, 1868
- Macrobrachium andamanicum (Tiwari, 1952)
- Macrobrachium aracamuni Rodriguez, 1982
- Macrobrachium asperulum (Von Martens, 1868)
- Macrobrachium assamense (Tiwari, 1958)
- Macrobrachium atabapense Pereira, 1986
- Macrobrachium atactum Riek, 1951
- Macrobrachium australe (Guérin-Méneville, 1838)
- Macrobrachium australiense Holthuis, 1950
- Macrobrachium banjare (Tiwari, 1958)
- Macrobrachium bariense (De Man, 1892)
- Macrobrachium birae Lobao, Melo & Fernandes, 1986
- Macrobrachium borellii (Nobili, 1896)
- Macrobrachium brasiliense (Heller, 1862)
- Macrobrachium brevicarpum Tan & Dong, 1996
- Macrobrachium bullatum Fincham, 1987
- Macrobrachium caledonicum (J. Roux, 1926)
- Macrobrachium callirrhoe (De Man, 1898)
- Macrobrachium canarae (Tiwari, 1958)
- Macrobrachium carcinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Macrobrachium catonium Hobbs & Hobbs, 1995
- Macrobrachium cavernicola (Kemp, 1924)
- Macrobrachium chevalieri (J. Roux, 1935)
- Macrobrachium choprai (Tiwari, 1949)
- Macrobrachium clymene (De Man, 1902)
- Macrobrachium cocoense Abele & Kim, 1984
- Macrobrachium cortezi Rodriguez, 1982
- Macrobrachium cowlesi Holthuis, 1950
- Macrobrachium crebrum Abele & Kim, 1989
- Macrobrachium crenulatum Holthuis, 1950
- Macrobrachium dacqueti (Sunier, 1925)
- Macrobrachium danae (Heller, 1865)
- Macrobrachium dayanum (Henderson, 1893)
- Macrobrachium denticulatum Ostrovski, Da Fonseca & Da Silva-Ferreira, 1996
- Macrobrachium depressimanum Pereira, 1993
- Macrobrachium dierythrum Pereira, 1986
- Macrobrachium digitum Abele & Kim, 1989
- Macrobrachium digueti (Bouvier, 1895)
- Macrobrachium dux (Lenz, 1910)
- Macrobrachium edentatum Liang & Yan, 1986
- Macrobrachium equidens (Dana, 1852)
- Macrobrachium eriocheirum Dai, 1984
- Macrobrachium esculentum (Thallwitz, 1891)
- Macrobrachium faustinum (de]] Saussure, 1857)
- Macrobrachium felicinum Holthuis, 1949
- Macrobrachium ferreirai Kensley & Walker, 1982
- Macrobrachium fluviale (Streets, 1871)
- Macrobrachium foai (Coutière, 1902)
- Macrobrachium forcipatum Ng, 1995
- Macrobrachium formosense Bate, 1868
- Macrobrachium fukienense Liang & Yan, 1980
- Macrobrachium gallus Holthuis, 1952
- Macrobrachium glabrum Holthuis, 1995
- Macrobrachium glypticum Riek, 1951
- Macrobrachium gracilirostre (Miers, 1875)
- Macrobrachium grandimanus (J. W. Randall, 1840)
- Macrobrachium gua Chong, 1989
- Macrobrachium guangxiense Liang & Yan, 1981
- Macrobrachium hainananse (Parisi, 1919)
- Macrobrachium hancocki Holthuis, 1950
- Macrobrachium hendersodayanum (Tiwari, 1952)
- Macrobrachium hendersoni (De Man, 1906)
- Macrobrachium heterochirus (Wiegmann, 1836)
- Macrobrachium hildebrandti (Hilgendorf, 1893)
- Macrobrachium hirsutimanus (Tiwari, 1952)
- Macrobrachium hirtimanus (Olivier, 1811)
- Macrobrachium hobbsi Nates & Villalobos, 1990
- Macrobrachium holthuisi Genofre & Lobao, 1978
- Macrobrachium horstii (De Man, 1892)
- Macrobrachium idae (Heller, 1862)
- Macrobrachium idella (Hilgendorf, 1898)
- Macrobrachium iheringi (Ortmann, 1897)
- Macrobrachium inca Holthuis, 1950
- Macrobrachium indicum Jayachandran & Joseph, 1986
- Macrobrachium inflatum Liang & Yan, 1985
- Macrobrachium inpa Kensley & Walker, 1982
- Macrobrachium insulare (Parisi, 1919)
- Macrobrachium intermedium (Stimpson, 1860)
- Macrobrachium jacobsoni Holthuis, 1950
- Macrobrachium japonicum (De Haan, 1849)
- Macrobrachium jaroense (Cowles, 1914)
- Macrobrachium javanicum (Heller, 1862)
- Macrobrachium jelskii (Miers, 1877)
- Macrobrachium jiangxiense Liang & Yan, 1985
- Macrobrachium johnsoni Ravindranath, 1979
- Macrobrachium joppae Holthuis, 1950
- Macrobrachium kempi (Tiwari, 1949)
- Macrobrachium kistnense (Tiwari, 1952)
- Macrobrachium kiukianense (Yu, 1931)
- Macrobrachium lamarrei (H. Milne-Edwards, 1837)
- Macrobrachium lanceifrons (Dana, 1852)
- Macrobrachium lanchesteri (De Man, 1911)
- Macrobrachium lar (J. C. Fabricius, 1798)
- Macrobrachium latidactylus (Thallwitz, 1891)
- Macrobrachium latimanus (Von Martens, 1868)
- Macrobrachium lepidactyloides (De Man, 1892)
- Macrobrachium lepidactylus (Hilgendorf, 1897)
- Macrobrachium longidigitum Dai, 1984
- Macrobrachium lorentzi (J. Roux, 1921)
- Macrobrachium lujae (De Man, 1912)
- Macrobrachium macrobrachion (Herklots, 1851)
- Macrobrachium maculatum Liang & Yan, 1980
- Macrobrachium malayanum (J. Roux, 1935)
- Macrobrachium malcolmsonii (H. Milne-Edwards, 1844)
- Macrobrachium mammillodactylus (Thallwitz, 1892)
- Macrobrachium manipurense (Tiwari, 1952)
- Macrobrachium meridionalis Liang & Yan, 1983
- Macrobrachium michoacanus Nates & Villalobos, 1990
- Macrobrachium microps Holthuis, 1978
- Macrobrachium mieni Dang, 1975
- Macrobrachium minutum (J. Roux, 1917)
- Macrobrachium mirabile (Kemp, 1917)
- Macrobrachium moorei (Calman, 1899)
- Macrobrachium naso (Kemp, 1918)
- Macrobrachium nattereri (Heller, 1862)
- Macrobrachium natulorum Holthuis, 1984
- Macrobrachium nepalense Kamita, 1974
- Macrobrachium niloticum (P. Roux, 1833)
- Macrobrachium niphanae Shokita & Takeda, 1989
- Macrobrachium nipponense (De Haan, 1849)
- Macrobrachium nobilii (Henderson & Matthai, 1910)
- Macrobrachium novaehollandiae (De Man, 1908)
- Macrobrachium obtusifrons Dai, 1984
- Macrobrachium occidentale Holthuis, 1950
- Macrobrachium oenone (De Man, 1902)
- Macrobrachium ohioneMacrobrachium ohioneMacrobrachium ohione, commonly known as the Ohio shrimp or Ohio River shrimp, is a species of freshwater shrimp found in rivers throughout the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean drainage basins. It is commonly used as bait for commercial fishing, especially catfish. It is the best-known of all North...
(S. I. Smith, 1874) - Macrobrachium olfersii (Wiegmann, 1836)
- Macrobrachium palaemonoides Holthuis, 1950
- Macrobrachium panamense Rathbun, 1912
- Macrobrachium patsa (Coutière, 1899)
- Macrobrachium pectinatum Pereira, 1986
- Macrobrachium peguense (Tiwari, 1952)
- Macrobrachium petersii (Hilgendorf, 1879)
- Macrobrachium petiti (J. Roux, 1934)
- Macrobrachium petronioi Melo, Labao & Fernandes, 1986
- Macrobrachium pilimanus (De Man, 1879)
- Macrobrachium pinguis Dai, 1984
- Macrobrachium placidulum (De Man, 1892)
- Macrobrachium placidum (De Man, 1892)
- Macrobrachium platycheles Ou & Yeo, 1995
- Macrobrachium poeti Holthuis, 1984
- Macrobrachium potiuna (Müller, 1880)
- Macrobrachium praecox (J. Roux, 1928)
- Macrobrachium pumilum Pereira, 1986
- Macrobrachium purpureamanus Wowor, 1999
- Macrobrachium quelchi (De Man, 1900)
- Macrobrachium raridens (Hilgendorf, 1893)
- Macrobrachium rathbunae Holthuis, 1950
- Macrobrachium reyesi Pereira, 1986
- Macrobrachium rhodochir Ng, 1995
- Macrobrachium rodriguezi Pereira, 1986
- Macrobrachium rogersi (Tiwari, 1952)
- Macrobrachium rosenbergii (De Man, 1879)
- Macrobrachium rude (Heller, 1862)
- Macrobrachium sankollii Jalihal & Shenoy, 1988
- Macrobrachium scabriculum (Heller, 1862)
- Macrobrachium scorteccii Maccagno, 1961
- Macrobrachium shokitai Fujino & Baba, 1973
- Macrobrachium sintangense (De Man, 1898)
- Macrobrachium sirindhorn Naiyanetr, 2001
- Macrobrachium siwalikense (Tiwari, 1952)
- Macrobrachium sollaudii (De Man, 1912)
- Macrobrachium srilankense H. H. Costa, 1979
- Macrobrachium sulcicarpale Holthuis, 1950
- Macrobrachium superbum (Heller, 1862)
- Macrobrachium surinamicum Holthuis, 1948
- Macrobrachium tenellum (Smith, 1871)
- Macrobrachium therezieni Holthuis, 1965
- Macrobrachium thysi Powell, 1980
- Macrobrachium tiwarii Jalihal, Shenoy & Sankolli, 1988
- Macrobrachium tolmerum Riek, 1951
- Macrobrachium transandicum Holthuis, 1950
- Macrobrachium trompii (De Man, 1898)
- Macrobrachium tuxlaense Villalobos & Alvarez, 1999
- Macrobrachium unikarnatakae Jalihal, Shenoy & Sankolli, 1988
- Macrobrachium veliense Jayachandran & Joseph, 1985
- Macrobrachium venustum (Parisi, 1919)
- Macrobrachium vicconi Roman, Ortega & Mejia, 2000
- Macrobrachium villalobosi Hobbs, 1973
- Macrobrachium villosimanus (Tiwari, 1949)
- Macrobrachium vollenhovenii (Herklots, 1857)
- Macrobrachium wannanense Dai & Tan, 1993
- Macrobrachium weberi (De Man, 1892)
- Macrobrachium yeti Dang, 1975
- Macrobrachium yui Holthuis, 1950
- Macrobrachium zariquieyi Holthuis, 1949