Specimen Information

Macrobrachium rosenbergii
Macrobrachium rosenbergii
(giant river prawn)
Crustaceans-Shrimp
Exotic
Collection Info
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Species Profile
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Specimen ID887540
GroupCrustaceans-Shrimp
GenusMacrobrachium
Speciesrosenbergii
Common Namegiant river prawn
StatePR
CountyCiales
Locality[No locality string in original GBIF record]
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameCibuco-Guajataca
HUC8 Number21010002
HUC10 NameRio Grande de Manati Watersheds
HUC10 Number2101000202
HUC12 NameRio Cialitos
HUC12 Number210100020209
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Collection Year1986
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayunknown
Statusunknown
Reference 1
Ref. Number:26212
Author:GBIF
Date:2013
Title:Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Database.
Publisher:Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Reference 2
Ref. Number:26854
Author:Smithsonian Institution
Date:2014
Title:National Museum of Natural History specimen collections. Accessed via GBIF data portal, http://www.gbif.org/dataset/5df38344-b821-49c2-8174-cf0f29f4df0d
Publisher:Smithsonian Institution
Record TypeSpecimen
DisposalNational Museum of Natural History collections
Museum Cat NumberUSNM 231450.183483
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater

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