Macrobrachium hancocki
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| Macrobrachium hancocki | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Caridea |
| Family: | Palaemonidae |
| Genus: | Macrobrachium |
| Species: | M. hancocki |
| Binomial name | |
| Macrobrachium hancocki Holthuis, 1950 | |
Macrobrachium hancocki is a species of freshwater shrimp found from Costa Rica southwards to Colombia and on Cocos Island and the Galápagos Islands.[1] The species primarily inhabits swamp waters, small streams and stagnant pools. This species was first described in 1958.[2]
