Novese Tantri

• Biodiversity Journal, 7 (3): 297-300

  Novese Tantri, Dyah Perwitasari & Achmad Farajallah
  New record of Macrobrachium gua (Chong, 1989) (Crustacea Palaemonidae) from Sintang, West Kalimantan, Indonesia

  ABSTRACT
  A new record of freshwater prawn of the genus Macrobrachium Bate, 1868 (Crustacea Palaemonidae) was founded in West Kalimantan, Sintang District, Kelam Permai Subdistrict, Indonesia. One ovigerous female specimen was collected in Lebak creeks, Ransi Pendek village on July 2015. Macrobrachium gua (Chong, 1989) from Sintang can be distinguished from others by morphological character, including egg size, teeth of ventral margin, length of carpus, length of merus, length of finger and palm as a chela part. Macrobrachium gua was found under rocks in a surface river with black-tea-colour waters and dense vegetation.

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