In this paper we are reporting the Malcofaunal and Decapoda diversity of Ken River, one of the major river of Bundelkhand regions of Central India. The study is part of the ZSI project “Faunal Diversity of Panna Biosphere Reserve”. Field surveys were conducted in different localities of the study areas during November 2022 to October 2024, which were then identified using established taxonomic keys. Six species of crustaceans (2 species of Crabs and 4 species of Prawn) and 13 species of Freshwater molluscs (7 species of Gastropods and 6 species of Bivalve) were reported from the Study area. 2 new distributional records of Macrobrachium unikarnatakae Jalihal, Shenoy & Sankolli, 1988 and Macrobrachium sankoli Jalihal and Shenoy, 1988 are also reported from M.P. The study serves the preliminary assessment of aquatic fauna (Molluscs and Decapoda) diversity of Ken River and highlights the need of further dedicated survey to comprehensively study the diversity of Ken river ecosystem which will aid to understand their distribution and ecology in the region

Molluscs, Decapoda, Ken River, Aquatic Fauna Diversity, Central India, Panna Biosphere Reserve, Madhya Pradesh

The study of Malacofaunal and Decapoda diversity of the Ken River, Madhya Pradesh yields the total diversity of 13 freshwater Molluscs species comprising of both Class Gastropoda and Bivalvia. Simillarly reports 6 species of Decapods (4 species of Prawn and 2 species of Crab) from the study area with 2 new distributional records of Macrobrachium unikarnatakae Jalihal et al. (1988) and Macrobrachium sankoli Jalihal and Shenoy, 1988 from the State Madhya Pradesh

Akriti Singh and Pallabi Priyadarsini (2025). Aquatic Faunal Diversity w.s.r to Mollusca and Crustaceans (Prawn and Crab) of Ken River, District Panna and Chatarpur, Madhya Pradesh, India. Biological Forum, 17(7): 05-08