Kingdom Animalia Infraorder Caridea Scientific name Macrobrachium Phylum Arthropoda Order Decapoda | Subphylum Crustacea Family Palaemonidae Higher classification Palaemonidae Rank Genus | |
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Lower classifications Giant freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium lanchesteri, Macrobrachium assamense, Macrobrachium agwi | ||
Macrobrachium is a genus of freshwater prawns or shrimps characterised by the extreme enlargement of the second pair of pereiopods, at least in the male. It contains the following species:
Voedertijd macrobrachium rosenbergii
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