Macrobrachium banjarae is a species of freshwater shrimp that was first described in 1958.[2] Macrobrachium banjarae belongs to the family Palaemonidae.[3] It is an endemic prawn found India, in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and West Bengal.[4]
Macrobrachium banjarae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Caridea |
Family: | Palaemonidae |
Genus: | Macrobrachium |
Species: | M. banjarae
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Binomial name | |
Macrobrachium banjarae Tiwari, 1958[1]
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References
edit- ^ Tiwari K.K. (1958). New species and subspecies of Indian freshwater prawns. Rec. Indian Mus., 53, 297-300
- ^ Charles Fransen (2012). "Macrobrachium banjarae (Tiwari, 1958)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ https://eol.org/pages/39469276
- ^ Priti Ranjan Pahari1, Mitali Das and Tanmay Bhattacharya. 2018. A study on the Macrobrachium Bate, 1868 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae) of Purba Medinipur District, West Bengal, India. International Research Journal of Biological Sciences Volume 7, Issue, 12, Pages, 1-7