bristled river shrimp vs Giant Freshwater Prawn

Macrobrachium olfersii compared with Macrobrachium rosenbergii

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	bristled river shrimp	Giant Freshwater Prawn
Kingdom same	Animalia (hewan)	Animalia (hewan)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (Artropoda)	Arthropoda (Artropoda)
Class same	Malacostraca (Crustaceans)	Malacostraca (Crustaceans)
Order same	Decapoda (Dekapoda)	Decapoda (Dekapoda)
Family same	Palaemonidae	Palaemonidae
Genus same	Macrobrachium	Macrobrachium
Species	Macrobrachium olfersii	Macrobrachium rosenbergii

Evolutionary Relationship

bristled river shrimp and Giant Freshwater Prawn share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Macrobrachium.

Conservation Status

bristled river shrimp

LC — Least Concern

Giant Freshwater Prawn

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	bristled river shrimp	Giant Freshwater Prawn
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

bristled river shrimp

Habitat

Typically found in marine, freshwater, and terrestrial environments.

Range

Found in United States.

Giant Freshwater Prawn

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, deserts and xeric shrublands, and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, among 8 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Asia (6 countries), Europe (Norway, Ukraine), North America (10 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Kiribati, Micronesia), and South America (5 countries).

bristled river shrimp

The Bristled river shrimp (Macrobrachium olfersii) is a species in the genus Macrobrachium. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in marine, freshwater, and terrestrial environments.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇺🇸 United States