Freshwater prawns of the genus Macrobrachium Bate, 1868 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae) of Colombia Author Valencia, Diego M. Author Campos, Martha R. text Zootaxa 2007 1456 1 44 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.176325 62d9dd43-d198-42fa-a471-7d51fa4f214d 1175-5326 176325 Genus Macrobrachium Bate, 1868 Macrobrachium Bate, 1868 : 363 Macrobrachium , Holthuis, 1952 : 10 .— Chace & Hobbs, 1969 : 89 .— Rodríguez, 1980 : 113 .— Williams, 1984 : 66 .— Melo, 2003 : 334 . (For detailed synonymy refer to Holthuis, 1952 , and Holthuis, 1993 ). Diagnosis. Rostrum well developed, compressed with teeth on upper and lower margins; carapace with antennal and hepatic spines; branchiostegal groove present; telson with two pairs of spines dorsally, and two pair of spines on posterior margin; mandible with three-joint palp; dactylus of the last three pairs of pereopods simple. Type species. Macrobrachium americanum Bate, 1868 .