Macrobrachium
creator: Claus, Simon
creator: Vanden Berghe, Edward
creator: Fransen, Charles
creator: De Grave, Sammy
date: 2026-08-02
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Macrobrachium Spence Bate, 1868
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: DecaNet eds. (2026). DecaNet. Macrobrachium Spence Bate, 1868. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156892 on 2026-08-02
created: 2005-05-20T14:11:22Z
modified: 2019-08-05T11:45:00Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Macrobrachium Spence Bate, 1868
class: Malacostraca
family: Palaemonidae
genus: Macrobrachium
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Bate, C.S. (1868). On a new genus, with four new species, of freshwater prawns. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1868: 363–368, pls. XXX–XXXI.
name published in: Dana, J. D. (1852). Conspectus crustaceorum, &c. Conspectus of the Crustacea of the exploring expedition under Capt. C. Wilkes, U.S.N. Macroura. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 6: 10-28.
name published in: Philippi, R.A. (1860). Bithynis, ein neues Genus der langschwänzigen Krebse. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 26: 161-164.
name published in: Holthuis, L.B. (1973). Bithynops luscus, a new genus and species of cavernicolous shrimp from Mexico (Crustacea Decapoda, Palaemonidae). Quaderno del Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. 171: 135­-142.
name published in: Ortmann, A. (1891). Die Decapoden-Krebse des Strassburger Museums, mit besonderer Berücksichtigung dr von Herrn Dr. Döderlein bei Japan und bei den Liu-Kiu-Inseln gesammelten und z. Z. im Strassburger Museum aufbewahrten Formen. II. Theil. Versuch einer Revision der Gattungen Palaemon sens. strict. und Bithynis. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abtheilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Thiere. 5: 693-750, pl. 47.
name published in: Stebbing, T.R.R. (1908). South African Crustacea. Part IV. Annals of the South African Museum. 6: 1-96, pls. 1-15.
name published in: Sollaud, E. (1911). Pseudopalaemon bouvieri, nouveau genre, nouvelle espèce, de la famille des Palæmonidae. Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. 17: 12-16.
name published in: Jayachandran, K.V. (2001). Palaemonid prawns. Biodiversity, Taxonomy, Biology and Management: 1-624. Science Publishers, Inc., Enfield.
name published in year: 1868
name published in year: 1852
name published in year: 1860
name published in year: 1973
name published in year: 1891
name published in year: 1908
name published in year: 1911
name published in year: 2001
order: Decapoda
parent name usage ID: 106788
phylum: Arthropoda
scientific name authorship: Spence Bate, 1868
taxon rank: Genus
taxonomic status: accepted