Macrobrachium veliense
Species of crustacean
| Macrobrachium veliense | |
|---|---|
Conservation status | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Caridea |
| Family: | Palaemonidae |
| Genus: | Macrobrachium |
| Species: | M. veliense |
| Binomial name | |
| Macrobrachium veliense Jayachandran and Joseph, 1985 | |
Macrobrachium veliense is a species of freshwater prawn belong the family Palaemonidae.[2][3]
Details
The species was first described by Jayachandran and Joseph in the year 1985. M. veliense is described from Veli lake and Kuttiyadi River, of Kerala, on the south-west coast of India. This species is closely related to M. nipponense and M. equidens. But it is differed from them by having the lanceolate shape of the rostrum, number of rostrum teeth on both dorsal and ventral margins, smooth nature of the carapace, slender telson and the finger ratio to merus, carpus, propodus and palm of pereipods 1 and 2.[4]
References
- ^ De Grave, S. (2013). "Macrobrachium veliense". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T198158A2513912. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T198158A2513912.en. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
- ^ "Macrobrachium veliense". invertebase.org. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
- ^ "ITIS - Report: Macrobrachium veliense". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
- ^ Jayachandran, K.V.; Joseph, N.I. (1 March 1984). "A new species of Macrobrachium from the south-west coast of India (Decapoda: Palaemonidae)". Journal of Natural History. 19 (1) (published 17 February 2007): 185–190. doi:10.1080/00222938500770111. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
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