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Macrobrachium kulsiense or more commonly known as the Pearl or Sand Shrimp.

I have had these for a few months now and I have had several berried females, but I have never seen any young until tonight.





Here are 3 picture of the 2 young that I spoted. Sorry for the poor quality pictures.





Here 1 more




John

Hi John,

Congrats! These guys are great, but the young grow quite slowly, so it will take you a while before you see your own full-size offspring.

Anyway, I took the liberty to change your post to reflect the actual scientific name of this species, as it has been recently described as a *new* species with its own completely new name. I was just a little slow to update my website due to my move. Here is the Abstract of the paper:

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_o ... bcb2868f4f



So, there you go...you have a "brand new" shrimp in your tank. And, as I have always suspected with many species that are being imported, it seems to be threatened in its habitat, too, so anyone who has these shrimp should try to breed them and spread them.

(I'll try to reply to more posts later...so don't feel left out folks! )

Mustafa

Thank You for the corrected Sceintific name.

So from what I understand from the article M. kulsiense are similar to
M. mirabile.

Are there any other similar species that we should be aware of ?
So we can look for them, if any other Hobbiest receives Wild Caught "Pearl" Shrimp.

John

Hi John!

Newjohn wrote:So from what I understand from the article M. kulsiense are similar to
M. mirabile.

Are there any other similar species that we should be aware of ?

M. mirabile and M. kulsiense are very identical in morphological chracters. But they differ clearly in reproductive biology and larval development (M. mirabile is unable to breed in pure freshwater). Phylogenetical studies are just in preparation. There is just one more Macrobrachium species known to us showing a similar crested rostrum like this two species - M. gangeticum. But this species is much more larger.

Cheers
Werner

Hi Werner

Thank You
For the information

John

very nice john.