Macrobrachium hancocki is a species of freshwater shrimp found from Costa Rica southwards to Colombia and on Cocos Island and the Galápagos Islands. The species primarily inhabits swamp waters, small streams and stagnant pools. This species was first described in 1958.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Hancock's River Prawn being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Palaemonidae
- Genus
- Macrobrachium
- Species
- Macrobrachium hancocki
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