Macrobrachium hancocki
Appearance
Macrobrachium hancocki | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Caridea |
Family: | Palaemonidae |
Genus: | Macrobrachium |
Species: | M. hancocki
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Binomial name | |
Macrobrachium hancocki Holthuis, 1950
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Macrobrachium hancocki is a species of freshwater shrimp found from Costa Rica southwards to Colombia and on Cocos Island and the Galápagos Islands.[1] The species primarily inhabits swamp waters, small streams and stagnant pools. This species was first described in 1958.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b De Grave, S. (2013). "Macrobrachium hancocki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T198107A2512059. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T198107A2512059.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ Charles Fransen (2012). "Macrobrachium hancocki (Holthuis, 1950)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species.