Macrobrachium agwi

Macrobrachium agwi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Infraorder:	Caridea
Family:	Palaemonidae
Genus:	Macrobrachium
Species:	M. agwi
Binomial name
	Macrobrachium agwi; Klotz, 2008

Macrobrachium agwi is a species of freshwater shrimp, first described in 2008, endemic to the Himalaya. It was discovered when a shipment of ornamental prawns, destined for the aquarium trade, was shipped from Cooch Behar, West Bengal, India to Europe. Examination of the shipment showed that one type of shrimp was a new, undescribed species.[1]

References

Werner Klotz (2008). "Macrobrachium agwi – a new species of freshwater prawn (Decapoda: Palaemonidae) from East Bengal, India" (PDF excerpt). Zootaxa. 1844: 47–54.

External links

Charles Fransen (2011). "Macrobrachium agwi Klotz, 2008". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species.

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[1] Werner Klotz (2008). "Macrobrachium agwi – a new species of freshwater prawn (Decapoda: Palaemonidae) from East Bengal, India" (PDF excerpt). Zootaxa. 1844: 47–54.