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This little creature was hiding in a rock crevice. It looks close to a lobster, but I don't know. It was at the Shedd Aquarium, Chicago, IL.
"Macrobrachium rosenbergii, also known as the giant river prawn, giant freshwater prawn, Malaysian prawn, freshwater scampi (especially in India), or cherabin, is a species of freshwater shrimp (not a prawn or scampo in terms of phylogeny, although colloquially "prawn" can refer to freshwater shrimp or true prawns) native to the Indo-Pacific and northern Australia. This species (as well as other Macrobrachium) is commercially important for its value as a food source.[1]"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_river... The colors are similar but I don't know about the "giant" part of the name.
Spotted on Sep 12, 2010
Submitted on Jun 16, 2011
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