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I would like to secure some of the more "robust-clawed" (outwardly more crayfish-like, as distinct from "slender-armed") shrimp of the genus Macrobrachium - specifically, any of the following species (listed in order of preference):

"Macrobrachium sp. aus Thailand" (as depicted at
http://www.mimbon.de/crusta/Macro8.jpg); "Macrobrachium sp. Panama" (as depicted at http://www.wirbellose.de/arten.cgi?acti ... &artNo=043); "Macrobrachium sp. Riesengarnele" (as depicted at http://www.wirbellose.de/arten.cgi?acti ... &artNo=023); Macrobrachium carcinus; Macrobrachium vollenhovenii; or Macrobrachium heterochirus.

[I suspect "M. sp. aus Thailand" may be dealt under the heading of "hairy-clawed shrimp" (scroll down).]

Does anyone know of any U.S. intermediaries through which I might be able to obtain any of the above species?

Incidentally, might I indeed be correct in suspecting that "Macrobrachium sp. aus Thailand" is synonymous with the "hairy-clawed shrimp"?

Although both shrimp look very similar on the pictures, it is hard to tell if they are the same species or not without looking at the rostrum and knowing the exact origin of both animals. A lot of macrobrachium look deceptively similar...even in their patterns on their backs.

Mustafa

Veneer wrote:Incidentally, might I indeed be correct in suspecting that "Macrobrachium sp. aus Thailand" is synonymous with the "hairy-clawed shrimp"?