{"scientificNameAuthorship":"(De Man, 1879)","RecordModifiedOn":"2018-02-14","CAAB_code":"28756002","phylum":"Arthropoda","Notes":"This name was used for all large freshwater prawns from the Australasian region, but now only applies to animals from western Asia (west of Huxley Line). This species is widely farmed in Asia (& imported as seafood into Australia), but differs from the native Australian species <i>M. spinipes</i> (see Wowor & Ng, 2007; Ng & Wowor, 2011). All previous records of <i>M. rosenbergii</i> from Australia, New Guinea & eastern Asia need to be re-examined to determine which species they really apply to.","habitat":"Freshwater<br>","NameVerifiedSource":"Ng, P.K.L., Wowor, D., 2011. On the nomenclature of the palaemonid names <i>Palaemon spinipes</i> Desmarest, 1817, <i>Palaemon spinipes</i> Schenkel, 1902, and <i>Macrobrachium wallacei</i> Wowor & Ng, 2008 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea)., <i>Zootaxa</i>, Vol. 2904: 66-68.","Parent_Id":28756901,"scientificName":"Macrobrachium rosenbergii","kingdom":"Animalia","order":"Decapoda","otherVernacularNames":"Giant Freshwater Prawn/Shrimp","Reference":"Wowor, D., Ng, P.K.L., 2007. The giant freshwater prawns of the <i>Macrobrachium rosenbergii</i> species group (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea: Palaemonidae)., <i>The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology</i>, Vol. 55(2): 321-336.","vernacularName":"[a carid shrimp]","ChildCodes":"","RecordCreatedOn":"1999-10-01","scientificNameID_WoRMS":"urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:220137","family":"Palaemonidae","standardName":"","class":"Malacostraca","scientificNameID_AFD":"urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:a9f74e81-06ec-481c-b3ca-0a5dcebc9ce8","CAAB_status":"Valid"}