Macrobrachium scabriculum
Macrobrachium scabriculum is a species of freshwater shrimp distributed widely in Indo-Pacific region. It is known as Goda River prawn.[1] 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[2] and hatched larvae undergone migration to low saline water for completion its life cycle.[3]
| Macrobrachium scabriculum | |
|---|---|
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 | |
References
- "ADW: Macrobrachium scabriculum: CLASSIFICATION". animaldiversity.org.
- http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/occpapers/112/index.pdf
- "Macrobrachium scabriculum". Aquarium Glaser GmbH. December 18, 2017.
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