Macrobrachium carcinus

Tags: Crustacean.

Macrobrachium carcinus is a species of freshwater shrimp native to the Americas. It is the largest known species of Neotropical freshwater prawn growing up to 30 centimetres (12 in) long and weighing as much as 850 grams (30 oz) although even larger specimens have been reported. It is an important species for commercial fishing in the Sao Francisco area where it is known by the local name of pitu. M.

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binomial authority

Carl Linnaeus, 10th edition of Systema Naturae

class

Malacostraca

family

Palaemonidae

genus

Macrobrachium

kingdom

Animal

order

Decapoda, Caridea

phylum

Arthropod, Crustacean

synonym

*Cancer (Astacus) jamaicensis (Herbst 1792), *Cancer carcinus (Linnaeus 1758), *Palaemon aztecus (de Saussure 1857), *Palaemon brachydactylus (Wiegmann 1836), *Palaemon carcinus (Linnaeus 1758), *Palaemon laminatus (von Martens 1869), *Palaemon montezumae (de Saussure 1857), *Palaemon ornatus (Torralbas 1917), *Palemon brevicarpus (De Haan 1849), *Palemon punctatus (Randall 1840), *Periclimenes portoricensis (Schmitt 1933)