Macrobrachium walvanense explained

Macrobrachium walvanense is a species of freshwater shrimp. It was first described in 1999 by Almelkar and coworkers.^[1] M. walvanense is collected from the Walvan Dam at Lonavala, near Pune (Maharashtra State, India). It is a medium-sized freshwater prawn grows a maximum size (Total Length) of 50 mm. Body is translucent with branched reddish-brown chromatophores spread from carpus to fingertips of second chelipeds. The features of rostrum, second cheliped, and telson are made it differs from M. banjarae.^[2]

Notes and References

1. G. B. Almelkar, D. R. Jalihal, and K. N. Sankolli . July 20–24, 1998 . Description of a New Inland Prawn, Macrobrachium Walvanense, from India (Decapoda, Palaemonidae) . Amsterdam, the Netherlands . Brill . 327–332 . https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004630543_026 . 17 August 2023 . Frederick Schram and Carel von Vaupel Klein . Crustaceans and the Biodiversity Crisis: Proceedings of the Fourth International Crustacean Congress.
2. Tiwari, K.K. (1958). New species and sub species of India freshwater prawns. Rec. Ind. Mus. 53: 297-300.