Neocaridina iriomotensis Naruse, Shokita and Cai, 2006

Cai, Y., 2006, Atyid shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea) of the Ryukyu Islands, southern Japan, with descriptions of two new species, Journal of Natural History 40 (38 - 40), pp. 2123-2172 : 2165

Neocaridina iriomotensis Naruse, Shokita and Cai, 2006

Neocaridina iriomotensis Naruse, Shokita and Cai, 2006, p 25 [type locality: Iriomote Island , Ryukyus, Japan].

? Neocaridina brevirostris: Naruse and Shokita 2005a, p 204 (part); Shokita 2006h, p 62.

Neocaridina sp. : Naruse and Shokita 2005b, p 204.

Material examined

Five males, cl 3.3–4.8 mm, 1 female, cl 5.0 mm, 3 ovigerous females, cl 4.1–5.0 mm, ZRC 2004.0587 , headwater of Nakama River , Iriomote Island , Ryukyu Islands, Cai et al., 16 June 2000 ; 19 males, cl 3.4–5.1 mm, 7 females, cl 4.0– 5.2 mm, 4 ovigerous females, ZRC 2004.0588 , slightly downstream of the head water area of Nakama River , Ishigaki Island , Ryukyu Islands, Cai et al., 16 June 2000 ; 2 males, cl 4.4–4.8 mm, 1 female, cl 5.8 mm, ZRC 2004.0589 , upper stream of Nakama River , Ishigaki Island, Ryukyu Islands, Cai et al ., 2 males, cl 4.1–4.2 mm, 1 ovigerous female, cl 4.5 mm, ZRC, Iriomote Island , Ryukyu Islands, Cai et al, 15 June 2000 ; 27 males, cl 3.2–4.3 mm, ZRC 2004.0590 , headwater of Nakama river , Ishigaki Island, Ryukyu Islands, coll. Y. Cai and T. Naruse, 2000 .

Habitat

Headwater of Nakama River, Iriomote Island.

Remarks

This species has been described in detail, with comparisons being made against several congeners (see Naruse et al. 2006).

Distribution

Known only from the type locality, Iriomote Island .