Macrobrachium srilankense

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Macrobrachium srilankense
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Palaemonidae
Genus: Macrobrachium
Species:
M. srilankense
Binomial name
Macrobrachium srilankense
Costa, H.H., 1979

Macrobrachium srilankense [1] is a species of freshwater prawn belong the family Palaemonidae. The species was first described by Costa in the year 1979. [2] [3] It is reported from Sri Lanka. [4]

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References

  1. Chace, Fenner A., Jr., and A. J. Bruce (1993) The Caridean Shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) of the Albatross Philippine Expedition 1907-1910, pt. 6: Superfamily Palaemonoidea, Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, no. 543
  2. Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D. (red.) (2011). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 24 September 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ITIS: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Orrell T. (custodian), 2011-04-26
  4. Costa, H.H., 1979. The Palaemonidae of the Inland waters of Sri Lanka.— Ceylon Journal of Science (Biological Sciences) 13: 39-64