Macrobrachium crenulatum

Macrobrachium crenulatum (Spanish common name: camarón bocú^[3][4]) is an amphidromous freshwater shrimp^[5] of the Palaemonidae family in the Decapoda order.^[6] It is found in lowland rivers and streams from Panama to Venezuela, as well as on several Caribbean islands.^[1] The species is common in the Toro Negro State Forest in central Puerto Rico.^[3] Studies have shown that the species have higher sensitivity to environmental, hydrological and chemical factors than other crustaceans also studied and which affect its migratory patterns.^[5]

Macrobrachium crenulatum
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Caridea
Family:	Palaemonidae
Genus:	Macrobrachium
Species:	M. crenulatum
Binomial name
Macrobrachium crenulatum Holthuis, 1950[2]

References

1. De Grave, S. (2013). "Macrobrachium crenulatum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T198116A2512372. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T198116A2512372.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
2. "Macrobrachium crenulatum (Holthuis, 1950)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
3. Bosques de Puerto Rico: Bosque Estatal de Toro Negro. Archived 2015-08-07 at the Wayback Machine Hojas de Nuestro Ambiente. July 2008. [Publication/Issue: P-030] Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
4. Summary Findings Fishermen Focus Group – Loiza, Puerto Rico. Archived 2013-09-27 at the Wayback Machine Armando González-Cabán, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Fire Laboratory, 4955 Canyon Crest Drive, Riverside, CA 92507; J. Felipe Blanco, Ecology Center, Utah State University Logan and Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia Athens; Catherine L. Hein, Utah State University, Western Rural Development Center, 8335 Old Main Hill, Logan, Utah 84322-8335. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
5. D. A. Kikkert, T. A. Crowl & A. P. Covich (June 4–9, 2006). Physical and chemical factors affecting the upstream migration of amphidromous shrimp in the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico. NABS 54th Annual Meeting. Anchorage, Alaska: Society for Freshwater Science. Archived from the original on September 4, 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
6. Macrobrachium crenulatum . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 24 September 2013.