Decanet taxon details
Macrobrachium macrobrachion (Herklots, 1851)
240830 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:240830)
accepted
Species
Palaemon africanus Kingsley, 1883 · unaccepted
Palemon macrobrachion Herklots, 1851 · unaccepted > superseded combination
recent only
(of Palemon macrobrachion Herklots, 1851) Herklots, J. A. (1851). Specimen zoographicum inaugurale, continens additamenta ad faunam carcinologicam Africae occidentalis, sive descriptiones specierum novarum e crustaceorum ordine, quas in Guinea collegit vir strenuus H. S. Pel. J. W. van Leeuwen, Lugduni-Batavorum, [ii] + 28 pp., 2 pls. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.13313 [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Macrobrachium macrobrachion (Herklots, 1851). Accessed at: https://www.decanet.info/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=240830 on 2025-09-12
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(of Palemon macrobrachion Herklots, 1851) Herklots, J. A. (1851). Specimen zoographicum inaugurale, continens additamenta ad faunam carcinologicam Africae occidentalis, sive descriptiones specierum novarum e crustaceorum ordine, quas in Guinea collegit vir strenuus H. S. Pel. J. W. van Leeuwen, Lugduni-Batavorum, [ii] + 28 pp., 2 pls. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.13313 [details]
original description (of Palaemon africanus Kingsley, 1883) Kingsley, J.S. (1883). Carcinological Notes; Number V. <em>Bulletin of the Essex Institute.</em> 14: 105-132, pls. 1-2. [details]
context source (Introduced species) Fofonoff, P.W.; Ruiz, G.M.; Steves, B.; Carlton, J.T. (2014-2024). National Exotic Marine and Estuarine Species Information System (NEMESIS). , available online at http://invasions.si.edu/nemesis [details]
basis of record De Grave, S.; Fransen, C.H.J.M. (2011). Carideorum catalogus: the recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). <em>Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden.</em> 85(9): 195-589. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Palaemon africanus Kingsley, 1883) Kingsley, J.S. (1883). Carcinological Notes; Number V. <em>Bulletin of the Essex Institute.</em> 14: 105-132, pls. 1-2. [details]
context source (Introduced species) Fofonoff, P.W.; Ruiz, G.M.; Steves, B.; Carlton, J.T. (2014-2024). National Exotic Marine and Estuarine Species Information System (NEMESIS). , available online at http://invasions.si.edu/nemesis [details]
basis of record De Grave, S.; Fransen, C.H.J.M. (2011). Carideorum catalogus: the recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). <em>Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden.</em> 85(9): 195-589. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Palaemon africanus Kingsley, 1883)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Macrobrachium macrobrachion)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Palemon macrobrachion Herklots, 1851)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Palaemon africanus Kingsley, 1883)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Macrobrachium macrobrachion)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Palemon macrobrachion Herklots, 1851)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
To ITIS