Macrobrachium formosense, the crane river prawn, is a species of freshwater shrimp in the family Palaemonidae. It lives in streams and rivers in Taiwan and southern Japan, including the Ryukyu Islands. Macrobrachium formosense reaches a carapace length of 10–20 millimetres (0.4–0.8 in).
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Crane 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
- Macrobrachium asperulum
- Macrobrachium acanthurus
- Macrobrachium nipponense
- Macrobrachium japonicum
- Macrobrachium australe
- Macrobrachium lar
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Palaemonidae
- Genus
- Macrobrachium
- Species
- Macrobrachium formosense
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