Ring
Hand Clawed Shrimp
(Macrobrachium Assamensis) |
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Family:
ten-legged
Occurence:
worldwide in the rivers
Appearance: o
Juvenile specimen have rusty-brown colour, o
maximum length 8 cm
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older specimen have blue ornaments on their body,
Lifestyle: o
regular moulting
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nocturnal activity, o
In the day time mostly burrowed in the sand |
| Reproduction: o
in breeding time they nestle in the hollows, o
juvenile specimen hatch in these hollows |
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when their body-length is 6-8 mm , they swarm out and seek for
their own hide; Nourishment: o
scavengers, necrophags, they putrefy corpses of the animals of their own
or different species |
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