| 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 |
| Binomial name | |
| Macrobrachium indicum Jayachandran, & Joseph, 1986 | |
Macrobrachium indicum is a species of freshwater shrimp of South India. It was first described in 1986. This freshwater prawn was described from Vellayani Lake, Kerala. This species is closely related to M. australe and M. ustulatum. It is a medium-sized prawn of genus Macrobrachium.
References
- Jayachandran, K.V. & Joseph, N.I. (1986) On a new species of Macrobrachium (Decapoda, Palaemonidae) from the south-west coast of India. Crustaceana, 50 (2), 217–224. https://doi.org/10.1163/156854086x00232
- Mary, Ajina S., Jayachandran, K. V., Landge, Asha T., Gladston, Y. & Pavan-Kumar, A., 2019, Establishment of taxonomic status of Macrobrachium indicum Jayachandran & Joseph (Decapoda: Palaemonidae) through molecular characterization with a note on related species, pp. 174-182 in Zootaxa 4652 (1) on pages 175-177, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4652.1.11, http://zenodo.org/record/3995581
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Macrobrachium indicum | |
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