Macrobrachium Explained

Macrobrachium is a genus of freshwater prawns or shrimps characterised by the extreme enlargement of the second pair of pereiopods, at least in the male.^[1]

Species

It contains these species:^{[2] [3]}

• Macrobrachium acanthochirus F. Villalobos, 1967
• Macrobrachium acanthurus (Wiegmann, 1836)
• Macrobrachium acherontium Holthuis, 1977
• Macrobrachium adscitum Riek, 1951
• Macrobrachium aemulum (Nobili, 1906)
• Macrobrachium agwi Klotz, 2008
• Macrobrachium ahkowi Chong & Khoo, 1987
• Macrobrachium altifrons (Henderson, 1893)
• Macrobrachium amazonicum (Heller, 1862)
• Macrobrachium americanum Spence Bate, 1868
• Macrobrachium amplimanus Cai & Dai, 1999
• Macrobrachium andamanicum (Tiwari, 1952)
• Macrobrachium aracamuni Rodríguez, 1982
• Macrobrachium asperulum (von Martens, 1868)
• Macrobrachium assamense (Tiwari, 1958)
• Macrobrachium atabapense S. Pereira, 1986
• Macrobrachium atactum Riek, 1951
• Macrobrachium auratum Short, 2004
• Macrobrachium australe (Guérin-Méneville, 1838)
• Macrobrachium australiense Holthuis, 1950
• Macrobrachium banjarae (Tiwari, 1958)
• Macrobrachium bariense (De Man, 1892)
• Macrobrachium birai Lobão, Melo & Fernandes, 1986
• Macrobrachium birmanicum Schenkel, 1902
• Macrobrachium bombajense Almelkar & Sankolli, 2006
• Macrobrachium borellii (Nobili, 1896)
• Macrobrachium brasiliense (Heller, 1862)
• Macrobrachium brevicarpum Tan & Dong, 1996
• Macrobrachium bullatum Fincham, 1987
• Macrobrachium cacharense (Tiwari, 1952)
• Macrobrachium caledonicum (Roux, 1926)
• Macrobrachium callirrhoe (De Man, 1898)
• Macrobrachium canarae (Tiwari, 1958)
• Macrobrachium carcinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Macrobrachium catonium H. H. Hobbs III & H. H. Hobbs Jr., 1995
• Macrobrachium cavernicola (Kemp, 1924)
• Macrobrachium chevalieri (Roux, 1935)
• Macrobrachium clymene (De Man, 1902)
• Macrobrachium cocoense Abele & W. Kim, 1984
• Macrobrachium cosolapaense Mejía-Ortíz & López-Mejía, 2011^[4]
• Macrobrachium cortezi Rodríguez, 1982
• Macrobrachium cowlesi Holthuis, 1950
• Macrobrachium crebrum Abele & W. Kim, 1989
• Macrobrachium crenulatum Holthuis, 1950
• Macrobrachium dalatense Nguyên, 2003
• Macrobrachium dayanum (Henderson, 1893)
• Macrobrachium denticulatum Ostrovski, Da Fonseca & Da Silva-Ferreira, 1996
• Macrobrachium depressimanum S. Pereira, 1993
• Macrobrachium dienbienphuense Đăng & B. Y. Nguyên, 1972
• Macrobrachium dierythrum S. Pereira, 1986
• Macrobrachium digitus Abele & W. Kim, 1989
• Macrobrachium digueti (Bouvier, 1895)
• Macrobrachium dolatum Cai, Naiyanetr & Ng, 2004
• Macrobrachium dolichodactylus (Hilgendorf, 1879)
• Macrobrachium duri Wowor & Ng, 2010
• Macrobrachium dux (Lenz, 1910)
• Macrobrachium edentatum Liang & Yan, 1986
• Macrobrachium elatum Jayachandran, 1987
• Macrobrachium elegantum Pan, Hou & S. Li, 2010
• Macrobrachium empulipke Wowor, 2010
• Macrobrachium equidens (Dana, 1852)
• Macrobrachium esculentum (Thallwitz, 1891)
• Macrobrachium faustinum (de Saussure, 1857)
• Macrobrachium felicinum Holthuis, 1949
• Macrobrachium ferreirai Kensley & Walker, 1982
• Macrobrachium feunteuni Keith & Vigneux, 2002
• Macrobrachium foai (Coutière, 1902)
• Macrobrachium forcipatum Ng, 1995
• Macrobrachium formosense Spence Bate, 1868
• Macrobrachium fukienense Liang & Yan, 1980
• Macrobrachium gallus Holthuis, 1952
• Macrobrachium gangeticum Spence Bate, 1868
• Macrobrachium glabrum Holthuis, 1995
• Macrobrachium gracilirostre (Miers, 1875)
• Macrobrachium grandimanus (Randall, 1840)
• Macrobrachium gua Chong, 1989
• Macrobrachium guangxiense Liang & Yan, 1981
• Macrobrachium gurudeve Jayachandran & Raji, 2005
• Macrobrachium hainanense (Parisi, 1919)
• Macrobrachium hancocki Holthuis, 1950
• Macrobrachium handschini (Roux, 1933)
• Macrobrachium hendersodayanum (Tiwari, 1952)
• Macrobrachium hendersoni (De Man, 1906)
• Macrobrachium heterochirus (Wiegmann, 1836)
• Macrobrachium heterorhynchos Guo & He, 2008
• Macrobrachium hildebrandti (Hilgendorf, 1893)
• Macrobrachium hirsutimanus (Tiwari, 1952)
• Macrobrachium hirtimanus (Olivier, 1811)
• Macrobrachium hobbsi Villalobos Hiriart & Natees Rodriguez, 1990
• Macrobrachium holthuisi Genofre & Lobão, 1978
• Macrobrachium horstii (De Man, 1892)
• Macrobrachium idae (Heller, 1862)
• Macrobrachium idella (Hilgendorf, 1898)
• Macrobrachium iheringi (Ortmann, 1897)
• Macrobrachium inca Holthuis, 1950
• Macrobrachium indicum Jayachandran & Joseph, 1986
• Macrobrachium inflatum Liang & Yan, 1985
• Macrobrachium inpa Kensley & Walker, 1982
• Macrobrachium insulare (Parisi, 1919)
• Macrobrachium jacatepecense Mejía-Ortíz & López-Mejía, 2011^[4]
• Macrobrachium jacobsoni Holthuis, 1950
• Macrobrachium japonicum (De Haan, 1849)
• Macrobrachium jaroense (Cowles, 1914)
• Macrobrachium jayasreei Jayachandran & Raji, 2005
• Macrobrachium jelskii (Miers, 1877)
• Macrobrachium jiangxiense Liang & Yan, 1985
• Macrobrachium johnsoni Ravindranath, 1979
• Macrobrachium joppae Holthuis, 1950
• Macrobrachium kelianense Wowor & Short, 2007
• Macrobrachium kempi (Tiwari, 1949)
• Macrobrachium kistnense (Tiwari, 1952)
• Macrobrachium kiukianense (Yu, 1931)
• Macrobrachium koombooloomba Short, 2004
• Macrobrachium koreana De Kwon, 1984
• Macrobrachium kulkarnii Almelkar & Sankolli, 2006
• Macrobrachium kunjuramani Jayachandran & Raji, 2005
• Macrobrachium lamarrei H. Milne-Edwards, 1837
• Macrobrachium lanatum Cai & Ng, 2002
• Macrobrachium lanceifrons (Dana, 1852)
• Macrobrachium lanchesteri (De Man, 1911)
• Macrobrachium lantau (Chow, Chan & Tsang, 2022)
• Macrobrachium lar (Fabricius, 1798)
• Macrobrachium latidactylus (Thallwitz, 1891)
• Macrobrachium latimanus (von Martens, 1868)
• Macrobrachium lepidactyloides (De Man, 1892)
• Macrobrachium lepidactylus (Hilgendorf, 1879)
• †Macrobrachium leptodactylus (De Man, 1892)
• Macrobrachium leucodactylus Wowor & Choy, 2001
• Macrobrachium lingyunense J. Li, Cai & Clarke, 2006
• Macrobrachium lopopodus Wowor & Choy, 2001
• Macrobrachium lorentzi (Roux, 1921)
• Macrobrachium lucifugum Holthuis, 1974
• Macrobrachium lujae (De Man, 1912)
• Macrobrachium macrobrachion (Herklots, 1851)
• Macrobrachium maculatum Liang & Yan, 1980
• Macrobrachium madhusoodani Unnikrishnan, P. M. Pillai & Jayachandran, 2011
• Macrobrachium malayanum (Roux, 1935)
• Macrobrachium malcolmsonii (H. Milne-Edwards, 1844)
• Macrobrachium mammillodactylus (Thallwitz, 1892)
• Macrobrachium manipurense (Tiwari, 1952)
• Macrobrachium manningi Pereira & Lasso, 2007
• Macrobrachium mazatecum Mejía-Ortíz & López-Mejía, 2011^[4]
• Macrobrachium meridionale Liang & Yan, 1983
• Macrobrachium michoacanus Villalobos Hiriart & Nates Rodriguez, 1990
• Macrobrachium microps Holthuis, 1978
• Macrobrachium mieni Đăng, 1975
• Macrobrachium minutum (Roux, 1917)
• Macrobrachium miyakoense Komai & Fujita, 2005
• Macrobrachium moorei (Calman, 1899)
• Macrobrachium naso (Kemp, 1918)
• Macrobrachium nattereri (Heller, 1862)
• Macrobrachium natulorum Holthuis, 1984
• Macrobrachium neglectum (De Man, 1905)
• Macrobrachium nepalense Kamita, 1974
• Macrobrachium niloticum (Roux, 1833)
• Macrobrachium niphanae Shokita & Takeda, 1989
• Macrobrachium nipponense (De Haan, 1849)
• Macrobrachium nobilii (Henderson & Matthai, 1910)
• Macrobrachium novaehollandiae (De Man, 1908)
• Macrobrachium oaxacae Mejía-Ortíz & López-Mejía, 2011^[4]
• Macrobrachium occidentale Holthuis, 1950
• Macrobrachium oenone (De Man, 1902)
• Macrobrachium ohione (Smith, 1874)
• Macrobrachium olfersii (Wiegmann, 1836)
• Macrobrachium oxyphilus Ng, 1992
• Macrobrachium panamense Rathbun, 1912
• Macrobrachium pantanalense dos Santos, Hayd & Anger, 2013^[5]
• Macrobrachium patheinense Phone & Suzuki, 2004
• Macrobrachium patsa (Coutière, 1899)
• Macrobrachium pectinatum S. Pereira, 1986
• Macrobrachium peguense (Tiwari, 1952)
• Macrobrachium pentazona He, Gao & Guo, 2009
• Macrobrachium petersii (Hilgendorf, 1879)
• Macrobrachium petiti (Roux, 1934)
• Macrobrachium petronioi Melo, Lobão & Fernandes, 1986
• Macrobrachium phongnhaense (Tu & Cuong, 2015)
• Macrobrachium pilimanus (De Man, 1879)
• Macrobrachium pilosum Cai & Dai, 1999
• Macrobrachium placidulum (De Man, 1892)
• Macrobrachium placidum (De Man, 1892)
• Macrobrachium platycheles Ou & Yeo, 1995
• Macrobrachium platyrostris (Tiwari, 1952)
• Macrobrachium poeti Holthuis, 1984
• Macrobrachium potiuna (Müller, 1880)
• Macrobrachium praecox (Roux, 1928)
• Macrobrachium pumilum S. Pereira, 1986
• Macrobrachium purpureamanus Wowor, 1999
• Macrobrachium quelchi (De Man, 1900)
• Macrobrachium raridens (Hilgendorf, 1893)
• Macrobrachium rathbunae Holthuis, 1950
• Macrobrachium reyesi S. Pereira, 1986
• Macrobrachium rhodochir Ng, 1995
• Macrobrachium rodriguezi S. Pereira, 1986
• Macrobrachium rogersi (Tiwari, 1952)
• Macrobrachium rosenbergii (De Man, 1879)
• Macrobrachium rostratum X. Wang, 1997
• Macrobrachium rude (Heller, 1862)
• Macrobrachium sabanus Ng, 1994
• Macrobrachium saengphani Saengphan, Panijpan, Senapin, Suksomnit & Phiwsaiya, 2020
• Macrobrachium saigonense Nguyên, 2006
• Macrobrachium sankolli Jalihal & Shenoy in Jalihal, Shenoy & Sankolli, 1988
• Macrobrachium santanderensis Garcia-Perez & Villamizar, 2009
• Macrobrachium sbordonii Mejía-Ortíz, Baldari & López-Mejía, 2008
• Macrobrachium scabriculum (Heller, 1862)
• Macrobrachium scorteccii Maccagno, 1961
• Macrobrachium shaoi Cai & Jeng, 2001
• Macrobrachium shokitai Fujino & Baba, 1973
• Macrobrachium sintangense (De Man, 1898)
• Macrobrachium sirindhorn Naiyanetr, 2001
• Macrobrachium siwalikense (Tiwari, 1952)
• Macrobrachium sollaudii (De Man, 1912)
• Macrobrachium spinipes (Schenkel, 1902)
• Macrobrachium spinosum Cai & Ng, 2001
• Macrobrachium srilankense Costa, 1979
• Macrobrachium striatum N. N. Pillai, 1991
• Macrobrachium sulcatus (Henderson & Matthai, 1910)
• Macrobrachium sulcicarpale Holthuis, 1950
• Macrobrachium sundaicum (Heller, 1862)
• Macrobrachium suongae Nguyên, 2003
• Macrobrachium superbum (Heller, 1862)
• Macrobrachium surinamicum Holthuis, 1948
• Macrobrachium tenellum (Smith, 1871)
• Macrobrachium tenuirostrum X. Wang, 1997
• Macrobrachium thai Cai, Naiyanetr & Ng, 2004
• Macrobrachium therezieni Holthuis, 1965
• Macrobrachium thuylami Nguyên, 2006
• Macrobrachium thysi Powell, 1980
• Macrobrachium tiwarii Jalihal, Shenoy & Sankolli, 1988
• Macrobrachium tolmerum Riek, 1951
• Macrobrachium totonacum Mejía, Alvarez & Hartnoll, 2003
• Macrobrachium transandicum Holthuis, 1950
• Macrobrachium tratense Cai, Naiyanetr & Ng, 2004
• Macrobrachium trichodactylum Liang, Liu & Chen in Li, Liu, Liang & Chen, 2007
• Macrobrachium tuxtlaense Villalobos & Alvarez, 1999
• Macrobrachium unikarnatakae Jalihal, Shenoy & Sankolli, 1988
• Macrobrachium urayang Wowor & Short, 2007
• Macrobrachium veliense Jayachandran & Joseph, 1985
• Macrobrachium venustum (Parisi, 1919)
• Macrobrachium vicconi Román, Ortega & Mejía, 2000
• Macrobrachium vietnamiense Đăng in Đăng & B. Y. Nguyên, 1972
• Macrobrachium villalobosi H. H. Hobbs Jr., 1973
• Macrobrachium villosimanus (Tiwari, 1949)
• Macrobrachium vollenhoveni (Herklots, 1857)
• Macrobrachium walvanense Almelkar, Jalihal & Sankolli, 1999
• Macrobrachium wannanense Dai & Tan, 1993
• Macrobrachium weberi (De Man, 1892)
• Macrobrachium yui Holthuis, 1950
• Macrobrachium zariquieyi Holthuis, 1949

Notes and References

1. On a new Genus, with four new Species, of Freshwater Prawns . Charles Spence Bate . 1868 . . 363–368 . Charles Spence Bate .
2. Charles Fransen . 2012 . Macrobrachium Spence Bate, 1868a . 156892 . February 11, 2012.
3. Saengphan. Nukul. Panijpan. Bhinyo. Senapin. Saengchan. Suksomnit. Auaree. Phiwsaiya. Kornsunee. 2020-10-29. Morphology and molecular phylogeny of Macrobrachium saengphani sp. nov. (Decapoda: Palaemonidae) from Northern Thailand. Zootaxa. 4868. 4. 531–542. 10.11646/zootaxa.4868.4.4. 33311381 . 1175-5334.
4. Luis M. Mejía-Ortíz & Marilú López-Mejía . 2011 . Freshwater prawns of the genus Macrobrachium (Decapoda, Palaemonidae) with abbreviated development from the Papaloapan River Basin, Veracruz, Mexico: distribution and new species . . 84 . 8 . 949–973 . 10.1163/001121611X579754.
5. Antonina dos Santos, Liliam Hayd & Klaus Anger . 2013 . A new species of Macrobrachium Spence Bate, 1868 (Decapoda, Palaemonidae) M. pantanalense, from the Pantanal, Brazil . . 3700 . 4 . 534–546 . 10.11646/zootaxa.3700.4.2. 26106741 .