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Macrobrachium indicum

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Macrobrachium indicum
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. indicum
Binomial name
Macrobrachium indicum
Jayachandran, & Joseph, 1986

Macrobrachium indicum is a species of freshwater shrimp of South India. It was first described in 1986.[1] This freshwater prawn was described from Vellayani Lake, Kerala. This species is closely related to M. australe and M. ustulatum.[2] It is a medium-sized prawn of genus Macrobrachium.

References

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  1. ^ Jayachandran, K.V. & Joseph, N.I. (1986) On a new species of Macrobrachium (Decapoda, Palaemonidae) from the south-west coast of India. Crustaceana, 50 (2), 217–224. https://doi.org/10.1163/156854086x00232
  2. ^ Mary, Ajina S., Jayachandran, K. V., Landge, Asha T., Gladston, Y. & Pavan-Kumar, A., 2019, Establishment of taxonomic status of Macrobrachium indicum Jayachandran & Joseph (Decapoda: Palaemonidae) through molecular characterization with a note on related species, pp. 174-182 in Zootaxa 4652 (1) on pages 175-177, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4652.1.11, http://zenodo.org/record/3995581