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Scientific Name: Macrobrachium idella (Hilgendorf, 1898)

Synonym: Palaemon multidens(Coutiere, 1900) (Currently unaccepted)

English Name: Slender river prawn
Local/Bangla Name: Chikna Chingri(চিকনা চিংড়ি)
Prawn : Macrobrachium idella

Photo: India Biodiversity Portal

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Palaemonidae
Description:
The rostrum lacks a clearly raised basal crest and features 9 to 11 dorsal teeth, with three typically positioned behind the orbit. In adult males, the carpus of the second leg is larger than the chela, and the larger chela of the second leg in adult males lacks tubercles on each side of the cutting edge.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Freshwater bodies like rivers and beels. This freshwater prawn is known to inhabit larger river systems.
Environment:
Freshwater
Main References:
Other References:

Ray M, Hoshan I, Parvez I, Roy KC, (2020) A Checklist of Freshwater Prawn Species of the Palaemonidae Family in the Northwest Part of Bangladesh

Hasan K, Sabiha S, Islam MN, Mehrin KM, Reza ASA, (2021) CHECKLIST ON FRESHWATER PRAWNS UNDER GENUS MACROBRACHIUM BATE, 1868 (DECAPODA: PALAEMONIDE) IN KURIGRAM DISTRICT OF BANGLADESH

Paul SK (2001) Shrimp and Lobster: Biology. Monika Paul, Gurudaspur, Natore, Bangladesh

Hossain M (2013) Biodiversity of Shrimp and Prawn in the River and Estuary of Bangladesh. National Fish Week Compendium Bangladesh. 38-42

Froese R, Pauly D (Editors) (2023) India Biodiversity Portal. World Wide Web electronic publication. https://indiabiodiversity.org/observation/show/345699, ( 01/2024 )

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