Macrobrachium lar
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Caridea |
Family: | Palaemonidae |
Genus: | Macrobrachium |
Species: | M. lar
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Binomial name | |
Macrobrachium lar Fabricius, 1798
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Macrobrachium lar, commonly known as the Camaron or the Monkey river prawn, is a species of freshwater shrimp found throughout the Indo-West Pacific area, ranging from East Africa through to the Marquesas Islands and was first described in 1798.[1] This species is found in flowing rivers and creeks near sea level.
References
[edit]- ^ Charles Fransen (2012). "Macrobrachium lar (Fabricius, 1798 )". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species.