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Macrobrachium Spence Bate, 1868
Taxonomic Serial No.: 96220

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):	Cryphiops Dana, 1852
		Cryphiops (Cryphiops) Dana, 1852
		Cryphiops (Bithynops) Holthuis, 1973
		Macrobrachium josephi Jayachandran, 2001
	Common Name(s):

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2022

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Protostomia
	Superphylum	Ecdysozoa
	Phylum	Arthropoda – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods
	Subphylum	Crustacea Brünnich, 1772 – crustacés, crustáceo, crustaceans
	Superclass	Altocrustacea
	Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802
	Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892
	Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904 – camarăo, caranguejo, ermităo, lagosta, siri
	Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 – crabs, crayfishes, lobsters, prawns, shrimp, crabes, crevettes, écrevisses, homards
	Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963
	Infraorder	Caridea Dana, 1852
	Superfamily	Palaemonoidea Rafinesque, 1815
	Family	Palaemonidae Rafinesque, 1815
	Genus	Macrobrachium Spence Bate, 1868
		Direct Children:
	Species	Macrobrachium abrahami Pillai, Unnikrishnan & Kumar, 2014
	Species	Macrobrachium acanthochirus Villalobos, 1967
	Species	Macrobrachium acanthurus (Wiegmann, 1836) – cinnamon river shrimp
	Species	Macrobrachium acherontium Holthuis, 1977
	Species	Macrobrachium aemulum (Nobili, 1906) – Noumea river prawn
	Species	Macrobrachium agwi Klotz, 2008
	Species	Macrobrachium ahkowi Chong & Khoo, 1987
	Species	Macrobrachium alevillalobosi Mantelatto, Pileggi, Pantaleăo, Magalhăes, Villalobos & Álvarez, 2021
	Species	Macrobrachium altifrons (Henderson, 1893)
	Species	Macrobrachium amazonicum (Heller, 1862) – Amazon River prawn
	Species	Macrobrachium americanum Spence Bate, 1868 – cauque river prawn
	Species	Macrobrachium amplimanus Cai & Dai, 1999
	Species	Macrobrachium andamanicum (Tiwari, 1952)
	Species	Macrobrachium aracamuni Rodríguez, 1982
	Species	Macrobrachium asperulum (von Martens, 1868)
	Species	Macrobrachium assamense (Tiwari, 1958)
	Species	Macrobrachium atabapense Pereira, 1986
	Species	Macrobrachium auratum Short, 2004
	Species	Macrobrachium australe (Guérin-Méneville, 1838) – koua river prawn
	Species	Macrobrachium australiense Holthuis, 1950
	Species	Macrobrachium ayeyarwadiense Saung, KunjuramanVijayamma & K. K. Lay, 2021
	Species	Macrobrachium banjarae (Tiwari, 1958)
	Species	Macrobrachium bariense (De Man, 1892)
	Species	Macrobrachium bilineare Q. Chen, W. Chen, Y. Hu, K. Ma & Z. Guo, 2021
	Species	Macrobrachium birmanicum (Schenkel, 1902) – birma river prawn
	Species	Macrobrachium bombajense Almelkar & Sankolli, 2006
	Species	Macrobrachium borellii (Nobili, 1896)
	Species	Macrobrachium brasiliense (Heller, 1862)
	Species	Macrobrachium brevicarpum Tan & Dong, 1996
	Species	Macrobrachium bullatum Fincham, 1987
	Species	Macrobrachium cacharense (Tiwari, 1952)
	Species	Macrobrachium caementarius (Molina, 1782) – changallo shrimp
	Species	Macrobrachium caledonicum (J. Roux, 1926) – New Caledonia river prawn
	Species	Macrobrachium callirrhoe (De Man, 1898)
	Species	Macrobrachium canarae (Tiwari, 1958)
	Species	Macrobrachium candango Mantelatto, Pileggi, Pantaleăo, Magalhăes, Villalobos & Álvarez, 2021
	Species	Macrobrachium carcinus (Linnaeus, 1758) – bigclaw river shrimp, painted river prawn
	Species	Macrobrachium catonium H. H. III Hobbs & H. H. Jr. Hobbs, 1995
	Species	Macrobrachium cavernicola (Kemp, 1924)
	Species	Macrobrachium cemai Tejeda-Mazariegos & Mejía-Ortíz, 2015
	Species	Macrobrachium chainatense Saengphan et al., 2019
	Species	Macrobrachium chevalieri (J. Roux, 1935)
	Species	Macrobrachium clymene (De Man, 1902)
	Species	Macrobrachium cocoense Abele & W. Kim, 1984
	Species	Macrobrachium cortezi Rodríguez, 1982
	Species	Macrobrachium cosolapaense Mejía-Ortíz & López-Mejía, 2011
	Species	Macrobrachium cowlesi Holthuis, 1950
	Species	Macrobrachium crebrum Abele & W. Kim, 1989
	Species	Macrobrachium crenulatum Holthuis, 1950
	Species	Macrobrachium dalatense Nguyęn, 2003
	Species	Macrobrachium dayanum (Henderson, 1893) – Kaira river prawn
	Species	Macrobrachium denticulatum Ostrovski, Da Fonseca & Da Silva-Ferreira, 1996
	Species	Macrobrachium depressimanum Pereira, 1993
	Species	Macrobrachium dienbienphuense Dang & B. Y. Nguyęn, 1972
	Species	Macrobrachium dierythrum Pereira, 1986
	Species	Macrobrachium digitus Abele & W. Kim, 1989
	Species	Macrobrachium digueti (Bouvier, 1895)
	Species	Macrobrachium dolatum Cai, Naiyanetr & Ng, 2004
	Species	Macrobrachium dolichodactylus (Hilgendorf, 1879)
	Species	Macrobrachium dongaoense Chen, Chen & Guo, 2018
	Species	Macrobrachium duri Wowor & Ng, 2010
	Species	Macrobrachium dux (Lenz, 1910) – Congo River prawn
	Species	Macrobrachium edentatum Liang & Yan, 1986
	Species	Macrobrachium elatum Jayachandran, 1987
	Species	Macrobrachium elegantum Pan, Hou & S. Li, 2010
	Species	Macrobrachium empulipke Wowor, 2010
	Species	Macrobrachium equidens (Dana, 1852) – rough river prawn
	Species	Macrobrachium esculentum (Thallwitz, 1891) – sweet river prawn
	Species	Macrobrachium faustinum (de Saussure, 1857)
	Species	Macrobrachium felicinum Holthuis, 1949
	Species	Macrobrachium ferreirai Kensley & Walker, 1982
	Species	Macrobrachium feunteuni Keith & Vigneux, 2002
	Species	Macrobrachium foai (Coutičre, 1902)
	Species	Macrobrachium forcipatum Ng, 1995
	Species	Macrobrachium formosense Spence Bate, 1868 – crane river prawn
	Species	Macrobrachium fukienense Liang & Yan, 1980
	Species	Macrobrachium gallus Holthuis, 1952
	Species	Macrobrachium gangeticum Spence Bate, 1868
	Species	Macrobrachium glabrum Holthuis, 1995
	Species	Macrobrachium gracilirostre (Miers, 1875)
	Species	Macrobrachium grandimanus (J. W. Randall, 1840) – Hawaiian river shrimp
	Species	Macrobrachium gua Chong, 1989
	Species	Macrobrachium guangxiense Liang & Yan, 1981
	Species	Macrobrachium gurudeve Jayachandran & Raji, 2005
	Species	Macrobrachium hainanense (Parisi, 1919)
	Species	Macrobrachium hancocki Holthuis, 1950
	Species	Macrobrachium handschini (J. Roux, 1933)
	Species	Macrobrachium hendersodayanum (Tiwari, 1952)
	Species	Macrobrachium hendersoni (De Man, 1906)
	Species	Macrobrachium heterochirus (Wiegmann, 1836) – cascade river prawn
	Species	Macrobrachium heterorhynchos Guo & He, 2008
	Species	Macrobrachium hildebrandti (Hilgendorf, 1893)
	Species	Macrobrachium hirsutimanus (Tiwari, 1952)
	Species	Macrobrachium hirtimanus (Olivier, 1811)
	Species	Macrobrachium hobbsi Villalobos Hiriart & Nates Rodriguez, 1990
	Species	Macrobrachium horstii (De Man, 1892)
	Species	Macrobrachium hungi V. X. Nguyen, 2012
	Species	Macrobrachium idae (Heller, 1862) – orana river prawn
	Species	Macrobrachium idella (Hilgendorf, 1898)
	Species	Macrobrachium iheringi (Ortmann, 1897)
	Species	Macrobrachium inca Holthuis, 1950
	Species	Macrobrachium indianum Pillai, Unnikrishnan & Prasannan, 2015
	Species	Macrobrachium indicum Jayachandran & Joseph, 1986
	Species	Macrobrachium inflatum Liang & Yan, 1985
	Species	Macrobrachium inpa Kensley & Walker, 1982
	Species	Macrobrachium insulare (Parisi, 1919)
	Species	Macrobrachium jacatepecense Mejía-Ortíz & López-Mejía, 2011
	Species	Macrobrachium jacobsoni Holthuis, 1950
	Species	Macrobrachium japonicum (De Haan, 1849)
	Species	Macrobrachium jaroense (Cowles, 1914) – Jaro river prawn
	Species	Macrobrachium jayasreei Jayachandran & Raji, 2005
	Species	Macrobrachium jelskii (Miers, 1877) – Agar River prawn
	Species	Macrobrachium jiangxiense Liang & Yan, 1985
	Species	Macrobrachium johnsoni Ravindranath, 1979
	Species	Macrobrachium joppae Holthuis, 1950
	Species	Macrobrachium kelianense Wowor & Short, 2007
	Species	Macrobrachium kempi (Tiwari, 1949)
	Species	Macrobrachium kistnense (Tiwari, 1952)
	Species	Macrobrachium kiukianense (Yü, 1931)
	Species	Macrobrachium koombooloomba Short, 2004
	Species	Macrobrachium kulkarnii Almelkar & Sankolli, 2006
	Species	Macrobrachium kunjuramani Jayachandran & Raji, 2005
	Species	Macrobrachium laevis Zheng, Chen & Guo, 2019
	Species	Macrobrachium lamarrei (H. Milne-Edwards, 1837) – kuncho river prawn
	Species	Macrobrachium lanatum Cai & Ng, 2002
	Species	Macrobrachium lanceifrons (Dana, 1852) – Philippine river prawn
	Species	Macrobrachium lanchesteri (De Man, 1911) – riceland prawn
	Species	Macrobrachium lar (J. C. Fabricius, 1798) – monkey river prawn, monkey river shrimp
	Species	Macrobrachium latidactylus (Thallwitz, 1891) – scissor river prawn
	Species	Macrobrachium latimanus (von Martens, 1868) – mountain river prawn
	Species	Macrobrachium lepidactyloides (De Man, 1892) – Malayan scale prawn
	Species	Macrobrachium lepidactylus (Hilgendorf, 1897) – Madagascar scale prawn
	Species	Macrobrachium leptodactylus (De Man, 1892)
	Species	Macrobrachium leucodactylus Wowor & Choy, 2001
	Species	Macrobrachium lingyunense (Li & Luo, 2001)
	Species	Macrobrachium lopopodus Wowor & Choy, 2001
	Species	Macrobrachium lorentzi (J. Roux, 1921)
	Species	Macrobrachium lucifugum Holthuis, 1974
	Species	Macrobrachium lujae (De Man, 1912)
	Species	Macrobrachium luscus (Holthuis, 1973)
	Species	Macrobrachium macrobrachion (Herklots, 1851) – brackish river prawn
	Species	Macrobrachium maculatum Liang & Yan, 1980
	Species	Macrobrachium madhusoodani Unnikrishnan, P. M. Pillai & Jayachandran, 2011
	Species	Macrobrachium malayanum (J. Roux, 1935)
	Species	Macrobrachium malcolmsonii (H. Milne-Edwards, 1844) – monsoon river prawn
	Species	Macrobrachium mammillodactylus (Thallwitz, 1892) – knobtooth prawn
	Species	Macrobrachium manipurense (Tiwari, 1952)
	Species	Macrobrachium manningi Pereira & Lasso, 2007
	Species	Macrobrachium mazatecum Mejía-Ortíz & López-Mejía, 2011
	Species	Macrobrachium meridionale Liang & Yan, 1983
	Species	Macrobrachium michoacanus Villalobos Hiriart & Nates Rodriguez, 1990
	Species	Macrobrachium microps Holthuis, 1978
	Species	Macrobrachium mieni Dang, 1975
	Species	Macrobrachium minutum (J. Roux, 1917)
	Species	Macrobrachium miyakoense Komai & Fujita, 2005
	Species	Macrobrachium moorei (Calman, 1899)
	Species	Macrobrachium myanmarum Myo, Kayachandran & Khin, 2021
	Species	Macrobrachium naiyanetri Siriwut in Siriwut et al., 2020
	Species	Macrobrachium naso (Kemp, 1918)
	Species	Macrobrachium nattereri (Heller, 1862)
	Species	Macrobrachium natulorum Holthuis, 1984
	Species	Macrobrachium neglectum (De Man, 1905)
	Species	Macrobrachium nepalense Kamita, 1974
	Species	Macrobrachium niloticum (P. Roux, 1833)
	Species	Macrobrachium niphanae Shokita & Takeda, 1989
	Species	Macrobrachium nipponense (De Haan, 1849) – oriental river prawn
	Species	Macrobrachium nobilii (Henderson & Matthai, 1910)
	Species	Macrobrachium novaehollandiae (De Man, 1908)
	Species	Macrobrachium oaxacae Mejía-Ortíz & López-Mejía, 2011
	Species	Macrobrachium occidentale Holthuis, 1950
	Species	Macrobrachium oenone (De Man, 1902)
	Species	Macrobrachium ohione (S. I. Smith, 1874) – Ohio River shrimp, Ohio shrimp
	Species	Macrobrachium olfersii (Wiegmann, 1836) – bristled river shrimp, Buchura river prawn
	Species	Macrobrachium oxyphilus Ng, 1992
	Species	Macrobrachium palmopilosum Siriwut in Siriwut et al., 2020
	Species	Macrobrachium panamense M. J. Rathbun, 1912
	Species	Macrobrachium pantanalense Dos Santos, Hayd & Anger, 2013
	Species	Macrobrachium patheinense Phone & Suzuki, 2004
	Species	Macrobrachium patsa (Coutičre, 1899) – Patsa River prawn
	Species	Macrobrachium pectinatum Pereira, 1986
	Species	Macrobrachium peguense (Tiwari, 1952)
	Species	Macrobrachium pentazona He, Gao & Guo, 2009
	Species	Macrobrachium perspicax (Holthuis, 1977)
	Species	Macrobrachium petersii (Hilgendorf, 1879)
	Species	Macrobrachium petiti (J. Roux, 1934)
	Species	Macrobrachium phongnhaense Do & Nguyen, 2014
	Species	Macrobrachium pilimanus (De Man, 1879) – muff prawn
	Species	Macrobrachium pilosum Cai & Dai, 1999
	Species	Macrobrachium placidulum (De Man, 1892)
	Species	Macrobrachium placidum (De Man, 1892)
	Species	Macrobrachium platycheles Ou & Yeo, 1995
	Species	Macrobrachium platyrostris (Tiwari, 1952)
	Species	Macrobrachium poeti Holthuis, 1984
	Species	Macrobrachium potiuna (Müller, 1880)
	Species	Macrobrachium prabhakarani Pillai & Unnikrishnan, 2012
	Species	Macrobrachium prachuapense N. Saengphan & Panijpan in N. Saengphan et al., 2021
	Species	Macrobrachium praecox (J. Roux, 1928)
	Species	Macrobrachium puberimanus Siriwut in Siriwut et al., 2020
	Species	Macrobrachium pumilum Pereira, 1986
	Species	Macrobrachium purpureamanus Wowor, 1999
	Species	Macrobrachium quelchi (De Man, 1900)
	Species	Macrobrachium ramae Das, Pahari & Bhattacharya, 2021
	Species	Macrobrachium raridens (Hilgendorf, 1893) – Volta River prawn
	Species	Macrobrachium rathbunae Holthuis, 1950
	Species	Macrobrachium reyesi Pereira, 1986
	Species	Macrobrachium rhodochir Ng, 1995
	Species	Macrobrachium rodriguezi Pereira, 1986
	Species	Macrobrachium rogersi (Tiwari, 1952)
	Species	Macrobrachium rosenbergii (De Man, 1879) – giant river prawn
	Species	Macrobrachium rostratum X. Wang, 1997
	Species	Macrobrachium rude (Heller, 1862) – hairy river prawn
	Species	Macrobrachium sabanus Ng, 1994
	Species	Macrobrachium saengphani Saengphan et al., 2020
	Species	Macrobrachium saigonense Nguyęn, 2006
	Species	Macrobrachium sankolli Jalihal & Shenoy in Jalihal, Shenoy & Sankolli, 1988
	Species	Macrobrachium santanderensis Garcia-Perez & Villamizar, 2009
	Species	Macrobrachium sbordonii Mejía-Ortíz, Baldari & López-Mejía, 2008
	Species	Macrobrachium scabriculum (Heller, 1862) – Goda River prawn
	Species	Macrobrachium scorteccii Maccagno, 1961
	Species	Macrobrachium shaoi Cai & Jeng, 2001
	Species	Macrobrachium shokitai Fujino & Baba, 1973
	Species	Macrobrachium sintangense (De Man, 1898) – Sunda river prawn
	Species	Macrobrachium sirindhorn Naiyanetr, 2001
	Species	Macrobrachium siwalikense (Tiwari, 1952)
	Species	Macrobrachium snpurii Pillai & Unnikrishnan, 2013
	Species	Macrobrachium sollaudii (De Man, 1912)
	Species	Macrobrachium spelaeus Cai & Vidthayanon, 2016
	Species	Macrobrachium spinipes (Schenkel, 1902)
	Species	Macrobrachium spinosum Cai & Ng, 2001
	Species	Macrobrachium srilankense H. H. Costa, 1979
	Species	Macrobrachium striatum N. N. Pillai, 1991
	Species	Macrobrachium sulcatus (Henderson & Matthai, 1910)
	Species	Macrobrachium sulcicarpale Holthuis, 1950
	Species	Macrobrachium sundaicum (Heller, 1862)
	Species	Macrobrachium suongae Nguyęn, 2003
	Species	Macrobrachium superbum (Heller, 1862)
	Species	Macrobrachium suphanense Saengphan et al., 2018
	Species	Macrobrachium surinamicum Holthuis, 1948
	Species	Macrobrachium tenellum (S. I. Smith, 1871) – longarm river prawn
	Species	Macrobrachium tenuipes X.-P. Zhu et al., 2020
	Species	Macrobrachium tenuirostrum X. Wang, 1997
	Species	Macrobrachium thai Cai, Naiyanetr & Ng, 2004
	Species	Macrobrachium therezieni Holthuis, 1965
	Species	Macrobrachium thuylami Nguyęn, 2006
	Species	Macrobrachium thysi Powell, 1980
	Species	Macrobrachium tiwarii Jalihal, Shenoy & Sankolli, 1988
	Species	Macrobrachium tolmerum Riek, 1951
	Species	Macrobrachium totonacum Mejía, Alvarez & Hartnoll, 2003
	Species	Macrobrachium transandicum Holthuis, 1950
	Species	Macrobrachium tratense Cai, Naiyanetr & Ng, 2004
	Species	Macrobrachium trichodactylum Liang, Liu & Chen in Li, Liu, Liang & Chen, 2007
	Species	Macrobrachium tuxtlaense Villalobos & Alvarez, 1999
	Species	Macrobrachium unikarnatakae Jalihal, Shenoy & Sankolli, 1988
	Species	Macrobrachium univmandalay Saung, KunjuramanVijayamma & K. K. Lay, 2021
	Species	Macrobrachium urayang Wowor & Short, 2007
	Species	Macrobrachium valdonii Mantelatto, Pileggi, Pantaleăo, Magalhăes, Villalobos & Álvarez, 2021
	Species	Macrobrachium veliense Jayachandran & Joseph, 1985
	Species	Macrobrachium venustum (Parisi, 1919)
	Species	Macrobrachium veredensis Rossi, Magalhăes & Mantelatto in Rossi et al., 2020
	Species	Macrobrachium vicconi Roman, Ortega & Mejia, 2000
	Species	Macrobrachium vietnamiense Dang in Dang & B. Y. Nguyęn, 1972
	Species	Macrobrachium villalobosi H. H. Hobbs Jr., 1973
	Species	Macrobrachium villosimanus (Tiwari, 1949) – dimua river prawn
	Species	Macrobrachium vollenhovenii (Herklots, 1857) – African river prawn
	Species	Macrobrachium walvanense Almelkar, Jalihal & Sankolli, 1999
	Species	Macrobrachium wannanense Dai & Tan, 1993
	Species	Macrobrachium weberi (De Man, 1892)
	Species	Macrobrachium xmas Fujita et al., 2015
	Species	Macrobrachium yui Holthuis, 1950
	Species	Macrobrachium zariquieyi Holthuis, 1949

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:	Brian Kensley
	Notes:	National Museum of Natural History 10th and Constitution Ave, NW Washington, DC 20560, USA
	Reference for:	Macrobrachium

	Other Source(s):
	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Macrobrachium

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Chace, Fenner A., Jr., and A. J. Bruce
	Publication Date:	1993
	Article/Chapter Title:	The Caridean Shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) of the Albatross Philippine Expedition 1907-1910, pt. 6: Superfamily Palaemonoidea
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, no. 543
	Page(s):	vii + 152
	Publisher:	Smithsonian Institution Press
	Publication Place:	Washington, DC, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Macrobrachium

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	De Grave, Sammy, and C. H. J. M. Fransen
	Publication Date:	2011
	Article/Chapter Title:	Carideorum catalogus: the recent species of the Dendrobranchiate, Stenopodidean, Procarididean and Caridean Shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda)
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Zoologische Mededelingen, vol. 85, no. 9
	Page(s):	195-589
	Publisher:
	Publication Place:
	ISBN/ISSN:	978-90-6519-2004, 0024-0672
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Macrobrachium

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Mantelatto, Fernando L., Leonardo G. Pileggi, Joăo A. F. Pantaleăo, Célio Magalhăes, et al.
	Publication Date:	2021
	Article/Chapter Title:	Multigene phylogeny and taxonomic revision of American shrimps of the genus Cryphiops Dana, 1852 (Decapoda, Palaemonidae) implies a proposal for reversal of precedence with Macrobrachium Spence Bate, 1868
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	ZooKeys, vol. 1047
	Page(s):	155-198
	Publisher:
	Publication Place:
	ISBN/ISSN:	1313-2970
	Notes:	doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1047.66933
	Reference for:	Macrobrachium

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