Decapoda - Caridea - Palaemonidae - Macrobrachium

Macrobrachium heterochirus (Wiegmann, 1836)

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World Distribution
Chace & Hobbs (1969) - Estado de Puebla, Mexico, to Estado de Sao Paulo, Brazil (Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Saint Vincent, Grenada). - De Grave, S. 2013. Macrobrachium heterochirus. The IUCN Red List - The species is widespread, occurring from Mexico southwards to Brazil, including many of the Caribbean Islands (de Melo 2003). There are also records of this species from Florida, but is is unclear if this is a natural range expansion during warmer years or an accidental introduction with fish and/or aquatic plants (Rogers, C. pers. comm. 2012).

Environnement : Freshwater - Substrat/Association : Soft bottom (mud or sand)

Vertical range : Land & Freshwater - Min-Max observed: 0-0 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: Lesser Antilles, ICA (Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, St Vincent, Grenada, ?Tobago), IOV (Curaçao). Freshwater. WA.
Bithynis appuni - Pocock, 1889: 10, Dominica [Determination with a ?] - Palaemon appuni von Martens, 1869 accepted as Macrobrachium heterochirus (Wiegmann, 1836) in WoRMS (2016).
Macrobrachium heterochirus - Holthuis, 1952: 69, Guadeloupe, Dominica, St Vincent, Grenada. - Chace & Hobbs, 1969: 106, Guadeloupe, Dominica, St Vincent, Grenada. - Lévêque, 1974: 45, Guadeloupe. - Hart, 1980: 848, Tobago [in all probability]. - Lim et al., 2002, 48, tab 2, Martinique [le Macrobrachium le plus répandu dans les cours d'eau martiniquais, façiès de radier et à écoulements rapides]. - Debrot, 2003: 71, Curaçao. - Carré, 2005: 23, Martinique. - Monti et al., 2010: 32, 64 (Guadeloupe).

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