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Tahitian prawns

Macrobrachium lar

Description:

Two dark gray-black crustaceans, about 6 inches long. The first pair of walking legs are long, spindly and tipped with claws.

Habitat:

Insular tropical montane valley stream.

Notes:

Spotted in Waimano Stream in less than a foot of water. Unfortunately I did not have with me a camera that I could immerse in the stream. Consequently I could only acquire through-water imagery which is of poor quality owing to reflected sunlight. This species was introduced from the Marquesas decades ago as a food source, but the State Department of Land and Natural Resources has classified it as invasive because it successfully competes with native species.

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Allen Hoof
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Allen Hoof

Pearl City, Hawaii, USA

Spotted on Aug 18, 2018
Submitted on Aug 24, 2018

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