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Macrobrachium ahkowi Chong & Khoo, 1987 
AphiaID: 587082

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Eucarida (Superorder) > Decapoda (Order) > Pleocyemata (Suborder) > Caridea (Infraorder) > Palaemonoidea (Superfamily) > Palaemonidae (Family) > Palaemoninae (Subfamily) > Macrobrachium (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Macrobrachium Spence Bate, 1868a
Synonymised
taxa		  Macrobrachium johnsoni Chong & Khoo, 1987
Sources  original description: Chong, S.S.C. & H.W. Khoo, 1987a. Macrobrachium ahkowi nom. nov., a replacement name for Macrobrachium johnsoni Chong & Khoo, 1987, preoccupied by Macrobrachium johnsoni Ravindranath, 1979 (Decapoda: Caridea: Palaemonidae).— Zoologische Mededelingen 61: 561-562.  [details]

basis of record: De Grave, S. & C.H.J.M. Fransen. (2011). Carideorum catalogus: the recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). Zool. Med. Leiden 85(9): 30.ix.2011: 195-589 figs 1-59. (look up in IMIS) [details]

from synonym: Chong, S.S.C. & H.W. Khoo, 1987b. A new species of freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium johnsoni spec. nov. (Decapoda: Caridea: Palaemonidae) from Peninsular Malaysia, and a description of its first zoea.— Zoologische Mededelingen 61: 359-370.  [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh
Link To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:587082
Taxonomic
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2011-11-10 06:49:49Z  created  Fransen, Charles
  
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  Citation: Fransen, C. (2013). Macrobrachium ahkowi Chong & Khoo, 1987. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=587082 on 2013-05-19
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