Complete Larval Development of the Palaemonid Shrimp Macrobrachium Carcinus (L.), Reared in the Laboratory (Decapoda, Palaemonidae)

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COMPLETE LARVAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE PALAEMONID SHRIMP MACROBRACHIUM CARCINUS (L.), REARED IN THE LABORATORY (DECAPODA, PALAEMONIDAE) BY P. C. CHOUDHURY Zoology Department, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica INTRODUCTION Twenty six species of the palaemonid genus Macrobrachium are known from America and the West Indies. Macrobrachium carcinus (L. ) is a shrimp which lives in fresh and brackish waters of eastern America from Florida to Southern Brazil and in the West Indies. These shrimps are very large and specimens of 23 cm long have been recorded by Holthuis (1952). In Jamaica M. carcinus lives in fresh water rivers and