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oriental river prawn

Macrobrachium nipponense

Classification

Oriental river prawn, or East Asian river prawn (Macrobrachium nipponense) is a species of freshwater shrimp found in Asia that was first described in 1849. Range The natural range covers the delta areas and lower reaches of rivers in the Far East of Asia from Manchuria and Korea in the north to Vietnam and Myanmar in the south, including the Japanese archipelago and Taiwan. Invasive range It was artificially introduced to Europe and Western Asia, leading to the formation of invasive populations.

Distribution

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