Caridina, H. Milne Edwards, 1837

Cai, Yixiong, Choy, Satish & Ng, Peter K. L., 2009, Epigean And Hypogean Freshwater Shrimps Of Bohol Island, Central Philippines (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea), Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 57 (1), pp. 65-89 : 66

Caridina typus H. Milne Edwards, 1837

Caridina typus H. Milne Edwards, 1837: 363 [type locality: unknown]; Holthuis, 1965: 10, Fig. 3 ; Chace, 1997: 21; Cai & Anker, 2004: 236; Wowor et al., 2004: 341; Fig. 5F ; Cai et al., 2006: 412, Figs. 13–15; Cai & Shokita, 2006b: 2134.

Material examined. – One female, cl 3.2 mm, ZRC 2007.0269, river outside Inabacan Cave, Antequrra, coll. Y. Cai et al., 18 Dec.2000; 1 male, cl 4.7 mm, 8 females, cl 2.8–4.0 mm, 2 ovigerous females, cl 6.8–7.2 mm, ZRC 2007.0270 , River outside Inabacan Cave , Antequrra, coll. Y. Cai et al., 16 Dec.2000 ; 1 male, cl 5.7 mm, 3 ovigerous females, cl 6.6–7.8 mm, ZRC 2007.0271 , Loboc river , Loboc, coll. Y. Cai et al, 19 Dec.2000 .

Remarks. – Caridina typus is a very common insular or coastal freshwater species, which is widely distributed in the islands of Indo-West Pacific region.

Figures

Fig. 3. Caridina lobocensis, new species: A, cephalothorax and cephalic appendages, lateral view; B, distal portion of telson; C, first pereiopod; D, second pereiopod; E, third pereiopod; F, dactylus of third pereiopod; G, fifth pereiopod; H, dactylus of fifth pereiopod; I, preanal carina; J, uropodal diaeresis. Scale bars: A = 2 mm, B, F, H, J = 0.2 mm; C–E, G = 1 mm; I = 0.5 mm (male, cl 5.7 mm, paratype, ZRC, Bohol Island, Philippines).

Fig. 5. Caridina liaoi, new species. A: cephalothorax and cephalic appendages, lateral view; B, first pereiopod; C, second pereiopod; D, third pereiopod; E, dactylus of third pereiopod; F, fifth pereiopod; G, dactylus of fifth pereiopod; H, endopod of male first pleopod; I, appendix masculina and appendix interna of male second pleopod. Scale bars: A–D, F = 1 mm; E, G = 0.1 mm; H, I = 0.2 mm (male, cl 4.0 mm, paratype, ZRC, Bilar river).