Species checklist of fresh/brackishwater prawns genus Macrobrachium in Kenya available at the National Museums of Kenya's Natural History Collections, Invertebrates Zoology Section
Citation
Kochey J, Gikungu M, Kioko E, Kairo J, Mkare T K, Klaus P S (2020). Species checklist of fresh/brackishwater prawns genus Macrobrachium in Kenya available at the National Museums of Kenya's Natural History Collections, Invertebrates Zoology Section. Version 1.5. National Museums of Kenya. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/7vlxcl accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-12.Description
Kenya is rich in aquatic biodiversity including the freshwater prawns genus Macrobrachium (Palaeomonidae: Decapoda) which are important in fisheries as human food sources. However, except for a few specimens of previously unindentified Macrobrachium species, there was no national reference collection of Macrobrachium species housed in the scientific collection of National Museums of Kenya despite specimens of similar species deposited in other International Museums. This greatly hampered local research and utilization patterns including potential aquaculture of Macrobrachium species that are known to be taxonomically difficult group. To establish the current status of Macrobrachium species in Kenya, an ecological study was carried out along rivers Tana and Athi in Kenya between the year 2015 and 2018. Occurrence of four species namely; Macrobrachium rude, M. equidens, M. lepidactylus and M. dolichodactylus in Kenya was confirmed using both morphological and genetic analysis to establish correct identification of the species. The morphological analysis was carried out in Kenya at National Museums of Kenya while genetic analysis was carried out at Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University of Frankfurt/Main in Germany. This datasubset presents the checklist of four species that were recorded. The specimens are deposited in the Invertebrate scientific collection of the National Museums of Kenya (NMK), Nairobi.Sampling Description
Method steps
Taxonomic Coverages
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Macrobrachiumcommon name: fresh/brackishwater Prawns rank: genus
Geographic Coverages
Along rivers Tana and Athi in Kenya and some selected coastal areas
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
John Kocheyoriginator
position: Senior Research Scientist
National Museums of Kenya
Box 40658
Nairobi
00100
Nairobi
KE
email: jkochey@museums.or.ke
homepage: http://www.museums.or.ke
Mary Gikungu
originator
position: Director National Research Repository
National Museums of Kenya
Box 40658
Nairobi
00100
Nairobi
KE
email: mgikungu@museums.or.ke
homepage: http://www.museums.or.ke
Esther Kioko
originator
position: Head of Zoology
National Museums of Kenya
Box 40658
Nairobi
00100
KE
email: ekioko@museums.or.ke
homepage: http://www.museums.or.ke
James Kairo
originator
position: Principal Research Scientist
Kenya Marine Fisheries Research Institute
Box 81651
Nairobi
80100
Nairobi
KE
email: gkairo@yahoo.com
homepage: http://kmfri.co.ke
Thomas K Mkare
originator
position: Research Scientist Head of Centre of Aquatic Genomics
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute
Box 81651
Mombasa
80100
Mombasa
KE
email: tmkare@kmfri.go.ke
homepage: http://kmfri.go.ke
PD Sebastian Klaus
originator
position: Lecturer
Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University of Frankfurt/am main
Frankfurt
DE
email: klaus@bio.uni-frankfurt.de
John Kochey
metadata author
position: Senior Research Scientist
National Museums of Kenya
Box 40658
Nairobi
00100
Nairobi
KE
email: jkochey@museums.or.ke
homepage: http://www.museums.or.ke
Lawrence Monda
publisher
position: ICT Manager
National Museums of Kenya
Box 40658
Nairobi
00100
Nairobi
KE
email: lmonda@museums.or.ke
homepage: http://www.museums.or.ke
John Kochey
administrative point of contact
position: Senior Research Scientist
National Museums of Kenya
Box 40658
Nairobi
00100
Nairobi
KE
email: jkochey@museums.or.ke
homepage: http://www.museums.or.ke