Macrobrachium lar (J.C.Fabricius, 1798) is a animal in the Palaemonidae family, order Decapoda, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Macrobrachium lar (J.C.Fabricius, 1798)

Macrobrachium lar (J.C.Fabricius, 1798)

Macrobrachium lar is a common Indo-West Pacific freshwater shrimp first described in 1798.

Family
Genus
Macrobrachium
Order
Decapoda
Class
Malacostraca

About Macrobrachium lar (J.C.Fabricius, 1798)

Macrobrachium lar is a species of freshwater shrimp, commonly called the Camaron or the Monkey River Prawn. It is distributed across the entire Indo-West Pacific region, with its range extending from East Africa all the way to the Marquesas Islands. This species was first formally described in 1798. It inhabits flowing low-elevation rivers and creeks located near sea level.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Malacostraca Decapoda Palaemonidae Macrobrachium

More from Palaemonidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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