| Macrobrachium walvanense | |
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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. walvanense |
| Binomial name | |
| Macrobrachium walvanense Almelkar et al., 1999 | |
Macrobrachium walvanense is a species of freshwater shrimp. It was first described in 1999 by Almelkar and coworkers. M. walvanense is collected from the Walvan Dam at Lonavala, near Pune (Maharashtra State, India). It is a medium-sized freshwater prawn grows a maximum size (Total Length) of 50 mm. Body is translucent with branched reddish-brown chromatophores spread from carpus to fingertips of second chelipeds. The features of rostrum, second cheliped, and telson are made it differs from M. banjarae.
References
- G. B. Almelkar , D. R. Jalihal , and K. N. Sankolli (July 20–24, 1998). "Description of a New Inland Prawn, Macrobrachium Walvanense, from India (Decapoda, Palaemonidae)". In Frederick Schram and Carel von Vaupel Klein (ed.). Crustaceans and the Biodiversity Crisis: Proceedings of the Fourth International Crustacean Congress. Amsterdam, the Netherlands: Brill. pp. 327–332. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004630543_026. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
{{cite conference}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Tiwari, K.K. (1958). New species and sub species of India freshwater prawns. Rec. Ind. Mus. 53: 297-300.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Macrobrachium walvanense | |
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