Macrobrachium japonicum is a species of freshwater shrimp found in Asia that was first described in 1849.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Macrobrachium japonicum 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 formosense
- Macrobrachium placidulum
- Macrobrachium faustinum
- Macrobrachium acanthurus
- Macrobrachium lar
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Palaemonidae
- Genus
- Macrobrachium
- Species
- Macrobrachium japonicum
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