Macrobrachium equidens ( Dana, 1852 )

Li, Xinzheng & Bruce, Alexander J., 2006, Further Indo-West Pacific palaemonoid shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonoidea), principally from the New Caledonian region, Journal of Natural History 40 (11 - 12), pp. 611-738 : 619

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930600763627
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scientific name	Macrobrachium equidens ( Dana, 1852 )
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Treatment

Macrobrachium equidens ( Dana, 1852) View in CoL

Palaemon equidens Dana 1852, p 26 View in CoL .

Macrobrachium equidens: Holthuis 1950, p 162 View in CoL , Figure 36; Chace and Bruce 1993, p 25, Figure 4 View Figure 4 ; Davie 2002, p 295.

Material examined

New Caledonia: west coast (Le Cap), mangrove (in burrows), coll. B. Richer de Forges, 4 December 1992, 2 „„ (MNHN-Na 14822).

Remarks

Not previously recorded from New Caledonia. Usually found in high salinity brackish and salt water, rarely in pure fresh water.

Distribution

Type locality: Singapore. Also known from South Africa, southern India to China (Fujian), Ryukyu Islands , Philippines, Indonesia, Solomon Islands, and Nigeria (possibly introduced; Chace and Bruce 1993) .