NOTA PRELIMINAR SOBRE OS CAMARÕES DE ÁGUA DOCE (CRUSTACEA, DECAPODA, NATANTIA) NA PARAÍBA. - MUNICÍPIO DE CABEDELO.

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This is a paper contributing to the knowlegde of the Paraíba State (Brazil) fresh water shrimps (Crustacea, Decapoda, Natantia). Thirty eight specimens were collected from the jaguaribe river (which divides the municipalities of João Pessoa and Cabedelo) during the months of may and June 1977. All the specimens collected belong to Palaemonidae family. We found these followings species: 15 specimens of Macrobrachium acanthus (Wiegmann, 1836); 22 of Macrobrachium jelskii (Miers, 1877); and, one of Macrobrachium> sp.