Giant Freshwater Prawn vs Parading Shrimp

Macrobrachium rosenbergii compared with Macrobrachium dienbienphuense

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Giant Freshwater Prawn	Parading Shrimp
Kingdom same	Animalia (hayvan)	Animalia (hayvan)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (Eklem bacaklılar)	Arthropoda (Eklem bacaklılar)
Class same	Malacostraca (Malakostraka)	Malacostraca (Malakostraka)
Order same	Decapoda (On ayaklılar)	Decapoda (On ayaklılar)
Family same	Palaemonidae	Palaemonidae
Genus same	Macrobrachium	Macrobrachium
Species	Macrobrachium rosenbergii	Macrobrachium dienbienphuense

Evolutionary Relationship

Giant Freshwater Prawn and Parading Shrimp share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Macrobrachium.

Conservation Status

Giant Freshwater Prawn

LC — Least Concern

Parading Shrimp

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Giant Freshwater Prawn	Parading Shrimp
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

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).

Parading Shrimp

Habitat

Typically found in marine, freshwater, and terrestrial environments.

Range

Found in Norway.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway