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Oriental river prawn

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Oriental river prawn
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Palaemonidae
Genus: Macrobrachium
Species:
M. nipponense
Binomial name
Macrobrachium nipponense
De Haan, 1849

Oriental river prawn, or East Asian river prawn (Macrobrachium nipponense) is a species of freshwater shrimp found in Asia that was first described in 1849.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Charles Fransen (2012). "Macrobrachium nipponense (De Haan, 1849)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species.