Macrobrachium hancocki

Macrobrachium hancocki
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Palaemonidae
Genus: Macrobrachium
Species: M. hancocki
Binomial name
Macrobrachium hancocki
Holthuis, 1950

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

  1. 1 2 "Macrobrachium hancocki on the IUCN Redlist".
  2. Charles Fransen (2012). "Macrobrachium hancocki (Holthuis, 1950)". World Register of Marine Species.


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