Macrobrachium dienbienphuense
| Macrobrachium dienbienphuense | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Caridea |
| Family: | Palaemonidae |
| Genus: | Macrobrachium |
| Species: | M. dienbienphuense
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| Binomial name | |
| Macrobrachium dienbienphuense Dang & Nguyen, 1972
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Macrobrachium dienbienphuense is a species of shrimp of the family Palaemonidae. Macrobrachium dienbienphuense will walk on land to avoid dams and rapids, a behavior known as "parading".[1][2] While doing so, they are vulnerable to predators such as spiders.
References
- ^ Hongjamrassilp, W.; Maiphrom, W.; Blumstein, D. T. (9 November 2020). "Why do shrimps leave the water? Mechanisms and functions of parading behaviour in freshwater shrimps". Journal of Zoology. doi:10.1111/jzo.12841.
- ^ Preston, Elizabeth (18 November 2020). "These Shrimp Leave the Safety of Water and Walk on Land. But Why?". The New York Times. The New York Times. Retrieved 18 November 2020.