author(s)
Nursyahra, Meliya Wati and Lora Purnamasari

abstract
The aims of this study were to study the of crab and shrimpfreshwater in the Regencies of Batanghari and Sorolangun of Jambi in several habitats type. The research was conducted from February until April 2017. The study was conducted in rubber plantations, oil palmplantations, community forests and secondary forests located at the Regencies ofBatanghari and Sorolangun. The specimens were collected by using hand net and fish trap which were preserved in 70% alcohol. In result, the present studyrecorded four species of freshwater crabs that consisted ofP. batamensis, P. maindroni, P.maculata and Geosesarma sp, and9 species of freshwater shrimp consisted of Caridina propinqua, C. excavatoides, C. sumatrensis, C. gracilipes, Caridina sp., Macrobrachium horstii, M. Pilimanus, M. Malayanum, M.lanchesteri.