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Macrobrachium lar

Kōurā-vai Tī‘aka

Bracelet Prawn

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Bracelet Prawn, Monkey River Prawn; French Bouqet Singe

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Tuamotu/Marquesas; n. to Ryukyu; EXOTIC EXOTIC Hawai‘i (1956)

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; Freshwater, streams - ponds, breed in stream mouth

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Food

KEY FEATURES: Large prawn, to 10cmBL; 25cmTL (incl. arms). HEAD-THORAX sides brown, topside dark brown; rostrum large with ~8 top teeth. ABDOMEN brown, with darker dorsal stripe. WALKING LEGS brown. MALE ARMS (2nd cheliped) outer segments dark brown with a contrasting white bracelet at base of the black fingers.

Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea:
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
++++

Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
-

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

Macrobrachium lar (Fabricius, 1798)
TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; CRUSTACEA; MALACOSTRACA; EUMALACOSTRACA; Eucarida; Decapoda; Natantia; Caridea; PALAEMONIDAE-Palaemoninae

More Information

SIGNIFICANCE NOTES -. Comment: NBSAP - Takitumu (3 of 7 wild), NBSAP - Puaikura (3 of 3 wild animals)
POSITIVE SIGNIFICANCE: Food

GENERAL NOTE: Live in freshwater streams. Breed in the stream mouth or esturaries. Larval stages last at least 100 days.

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: BPBM-Cat.2870&3222;

References:
None recorded.

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM04b, zD06a

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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