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Macrobrachium rosenbergii, also known as the giant river prawn or giant freshwater prawn, is a commercially important species of palaemonid freshwater prawn. It is found throughout the tropical and subtropical areas of the Indo-Pacific region, from India to Southeast Asia and Northern Australia . [ 3 ]
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. [ 2 ] Species
Taxonomy. Penaeus monodon was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1798. ... Macrobrachium rosenbergii, the giant freshwater prawn; References
They include several commercially important species, such as Macrobrachium rosenbergii, and are found on every continent except Antarctica. [1] The marine species are found at depths to 5,000 m (16,000 ft), [2] and from the tropics to the polar regions.
Species in the genus Macrobrachium; Macrobrachium ohione, the Ohio River shrimp; Macrobrachium carcinus, sometimes called the American giant freshwater prawn; Macrobrachium rosenbergii, also known as the giant river prawn, giant freshwater prawn or cherabin; Any amphipod living in fresh water, especially: Gammarus pulex
Whitish muscle disease, which develops in post-larvae of freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii and is caused by Macrobrachium rosenbergii nodavirus (MrNV) and its associate Macrobrachium satellite virus 1. Main symptom is a whitish appearance of the muscles, particularly noticeable in the abdomen. Mortalities can reach 100%. [2]
Macrobrachium malcolmsonii is an omnivorous, bottom-dwelling, freshwater prawn. Its common name is monsoon river prawn. [1] It feeds on decomposing plants and animals, small worms, insects, and their larvae. They are also cannibalistic in nature and may consume freshly molted conspecifics.
Taxonomy [ edit ] The genus has been reorganised following a proposition of Pérez Farfante and Kensley based on morphological differences, in particular the genital characteristics of these animals, [ 1 ] although this revision has not been universally accepted. [ 2 ]