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Macrobrachium agwi

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Macrobrachium agwi
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. agwi
Binomial name
Macrobrachium agwi
Klotz, 2008

Macrobrachium agwi is a species of freshwater shrimp, first described in 2008, endemic to the Himalaya. It was discovered when a shipment of ornamental prawns, destined for the aquarium trade, was shipped from Cooch Behar, West Bengal, India to Europe. Examination of the shipment showed that one type of shrimp was a new, undescribed species.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Werner Klotz (2008). "Macrobrachium agwi – a new species of freshwater prawn (Decapoda: Palaemonidae) from East Bengal, India" (PDF excerpt). Zootaxa. 1844: 47–54. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1844.1.4.
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