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The freshwater prawns of the genusMacrobrachiumBate, 1868, of Thailand (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae)

“…nov. morphologically resembles M. inflatum Liang and Yan, 1985, which was originally described from Kunshan, Jiangsu Province, in eastern China and recently recorded from Xishuangbanna of Yunnan Province (Cai and Dai, 1999). However, it differs from M. inflatum (figure 5B-F, M, cl 15.5 mm, paratype, SFU 57-48-04, Kunshan County, Jiangsu Province, eastern China, coll.…”

“…The species was previously reported from Thailand by Naiyanetr (1992). Cai and Dai (1999) pointed out that Macrobrachium yeti Dang, 1975, is very close to M. yui and are very difficult to distinguish. Only two differences separate M. yeti from M. yui, namely, the postorbital carapace teeth number (three in M. yeti and four to five in M. yui ) and the form of the second pereiopods, which is slightly more slender in M. yeti, with various joints having slightly different proportions.…”

“…johnsoni Chang and Khoo, 1987c M. gua Chong, 1989, M. forcipatum Ng, 1995, M. platycheles Ou and Yeo, 1995, M. pilosum Cai and Dai, 1999, M. amplimanus Cai and Dai, 1999, and M. sirindhorn Naiyanetr, 2001 (see also Cai and Dai, 1999;Naiyanetr, 2001). Macrobrachium hirsutimanus can be distinguished from M. pilimanus (cf.…”

“…It is distributed from Xishuangbanna of Yunnan Province, southern China (Cai and Dai, 1999), to north Thailand, west Thailand, north-east Thailand and east Thailand. Ng, 1995 (figures 18E, F, 19) Macrobrachium forcipatum Ng, 1995 , pH 7.6, coll H. H. Tan et al, 23 October 1998;12 WW, cl 7.5-13 mm, 3 XX, cl Downloaded by [The University of Manchester Library] at 10:45 20 December 2014 F.…”

“…Macrobrachium dienbienphuense seems to be a widely distributed species, occurring from southern China to southern Thailand. Cai and Dai, 1999 Macrobrachium amplimanus Cai and Dai, 1999 …”