Macrobrachium jelskii
Description
Macrobrachium jelskii (Miers, 1778)
(Fig. 5A–D)
Material examined. Brazil, Piauí: Prata Lagoon, 18.xi.2014, 500 specimens [CZDP (F2) 0049]. Idem, 18.xi.2014, 1 male, 4 females (LSZ 027).
Distribution. In Brazil, this species has been recorded in the states of Acre, Amapá, Amazonas, Pará, Maranhão, Piauí, Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Sergipe, Bahia, Mato Grosso, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina) (Melo, 2003; Pileggi et al., 2013; present work).
Remarks. This is the first record of M. jelskii in the Parnaíba River basin. M. jelskii is commonly found in sympatry with M. amazonicum. Here we found both species in Prata Lagoon, though M. jelskii was more abundant than M. amazonicum (cf. material examined). Also, see remarks section regarding M. amazonicum for characters to differentiate between these species.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- CZDP
- Material sample ID
- F2, LSZ 027
- Event date
- 2014-11-18
- Verbatim event date
- 2014-11-18
- Scientific name authorship
- Miers
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Palaemonidae
- Genus
- Macrobrachium
- Species
- jelskii
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Macrobrachium jelskii (Miers, 1778) sec. Santana, 2018
References
- Melo, G. A. S. 2003. Familias Atyidae, Palaemonidae e Sergestidae. p. 289 - 415. In: G. A. S. Melo (ed), Manual de identificacao dos Crustacea Decapoda de agua doce do Brasil. Sao Paulo, Edicoes Loyola.
- Pileggi, L. G.; Magalhaes, C.; Bond-Buckup, G. and Mantelatto, F. L. 2013. New records and extension of the known distribution of some freshwater shrimps in Brazil. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 84: 563 - 574.