Species Macrobrachium latidactylus (Thallwitz, 1891)
Broad-fingered River Prawn (Aust), Scissor River Prawn (Fao)
- Palaemon latidactylus Thallwitz, J. 1891. Decapoden-Studien insbesondere basirt auf A.B.Meyer's Sammlungen im Ostindischen Archipel, nebst einer aufzahlung der Decapoden und Stomatopoden des Dresdener Museums. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und Anthropologische-Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden 1890–91(3): 1-56 1 pl. [17].
Type data:
Status unknown, MTKD (probably destroyed in WWII), N Sulawesi (as Celebes). - Palaemon (Eupalaemon) endehensis de Man, J.G. 1892. Decapoden des Indischen Archipels. 265-527 pls 15-29 in Weber, M. (ed.). Zoologische Ergebnisse einer Reise nach Niederländisch Ost-Indien. Leiden : E.J. Brill Vol. 2. [465 pl. 27 fig. 42].
Type data:
Syntype(s) RMNH D2583 1 specimen, Nanga Ba near Endeh, Flores, Indonesia. - Palaemon (Macrobrachium) lampropus de Man, J.G. 1892. Decapoden des Indischen Archipels. 265-527 pls 15-29 in Weber, M. (ed.). Zoologische Ergebnisse einer Reise nach Niederländisch Ost-Indien. Leiden : E.J. Brill Vol. 2. [493 pl. 29 fig. 49].
Type data:
Syntype(s) RMNH D2570 3 specimens, waterfall near Bantimurong near Maros, Celebes [Sulawesi], Indonesia.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Chace, F.A., Jr & Bruce, A.J. 1993. The Caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) of the Albatross Philippine Expedition, 1907–1910, Part 6: Superfamily Palaemonoidea. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 543: 1-152 [31]
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Malaya, Indonesia, Taiwan, and Philippines.
IBRA
Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Estuary, inshore marine.
Extra Ecological Information
Lowland freshwater, adults common in tidal freshwater, larval development in sea or brackish water.
General References
Short, J.W. 2004. A revision of Australian river prawns, Macrobrachium (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae). Hydrobiologia 525: 1-100 [80]
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