Macrobrachium indianum

Macrobrachium indianum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Caridea
Family:	Palaemonidae
Genus:	Macrobrachium
Species:	M. indianum
Binomial name
	Macrobrachium indianum; Pillai et al., 2015

Last updated July 08, 2025

Macrobrachium indianum is a species of freshwater prawn of South India. It was first described in 2015.^[1] This freshwater prawn was described from Pamba River, Kerala. This species is closely related to M. gurudeve, M. bombayense and M. kulkarnii.^[2]^[3]

References

↑ P. M. PILLAI, V. UNNIKRISHNAN and K. PRASANNAN (March 2015). "Macrobrachium indianum (Decapoda: Palaemonidae), a new species of hill stream prawn from Pambar River, Kerala, India". Zootaxa. 3936 (4): 559–566. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3936.4.5. PMID 25947453.
↑ Jayachandran, K.V.; Raji, A.V. (2004). "Three new species of Macrobrachium Bate, 1868 (Decapoda, Palaemonidae) from the Western Ghats of Kerala state, India". Crustaceana. 77 (10): 1179–1192. Bibcode:2004Crust..77.1179.. doi:10.1163/1568540043166100.
↑ Almelkar, G.B.; Sankolli, K.N. (2006). "Description of two new prawns of the genus Macrobrachium Bate, 1868 (family Palaemonidae) – Macrobrachium bombayense and Macrobrachium kulkarnii from Konkan, Maharashtra, India". In Nair, C.M.; Nambuduri, D.D. (eds.). Freshwater Prawns: Advances in Biology, Aquaculture & Marketing. Proceedings of Freshwater Prawns 2003, International Symposium on freshwater prawns, 20 – 23 August 2003. Kochi, India: Allied Publishers, New Delhi. pp. 186–195.

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[1] P. M. PILLAI, V. UNNIKRISHNAN and K. PRASANNAN (March 2015). "Macrobrachium indianum (Decapoda: Palaemonidae), a new species of hill stream prawn from Pambar River, Kerala, India". Zootaxa. 3936 (4): 559–566. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3936.4.5. PMID 25947453.

[2] Jayachandran, K.V.; Raji, A.V. (2004). "Three new species of Macrobrachium Bate, 1868 (Decapoda, Palaemonidae) from the Western Ghats of Kerala state, India". Crustaceana. 77 (10): 1179–1192. Bibcode:2004Crust..77.1179.. doi:10.1163/1568540043166100.

[3] Almelkar, G.B.; Sankolli, K.N. (2006). "Description of two new prawns of the genus Macrobrachium Bate, 1868 (family Palaemonidae) – Macrobrachium bombayense and Macrobrachium kulkarnii from Konkan, Maharashtra, India". In Nair, C.M.; Nambuduri, D.D. (eds.). Freshwater Prawns: Advances in Biology, Aquaculture & Marketing. Proceedings of Freshwater Prawns 2003, International Symposium on freshwater prawns, 20 – 23 August 2003. Kochi, India: Allied Publishers, New Delhi. pp. 186–195.

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