Macrobrachium indicum | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Caridea |
Family: | Palaemonidae |
Genus: | Macrobrachium |
Species: | M. indicum
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Binomial name | |
Macrobrachium indicum Jayachandran, & Joseph, 1986
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Macrobrachium indicum is a species of freshwater shrimp of South India. It was first described in 1986. [1] This freshwater prawn was described from Vellayani Lake, Kerala. This species is closely related to M. australe and M. ustulatum. [2] It is a medium-sized prawn of genus Macrobrachium.