Caridina shenoyi Jalihal & Sankolli, 1984

Mandal, Sudipta & Deepa, J., 2021, Freshwater Decapods of Godavari River, Bhadrachalam, Telangana, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 121 (1), pp. 39-45 : 41

1. Caridina shenoyi Jalihal & Sankolli, 1984 ( Figure 3B ).

1984. Caridina shenoyi : Jalihal et al., Rec. zool. Surv. India. Occ. Paper No. 69: 21.

2013. Caridina shenoyi : Valarmathi & Raghunathan, zool. Surv. India. State Fauna Series, 21: 67.

Material examined: FBRC / ZSI /INV/1780, 2 ex., Godavari River , KTPS intake well, Burgampahad , Bhadradri Kothagudem dist .; FBRC / ZSI /INV/1781, 2 ex., Kinnersani confluence, Burgampahad, Bhadradri Kothagudem dist .

Diagnosis: Rostrum formula, rostrum reaches up to the end of 2nd segment of antennal peduncle but does not reach up to the end of the antennal scale; 1st cheliped stout, palm sub equal to finger, a tuft of hair with chela, Carpus with deep anterior excavation; 2nd cheliped also stout, more or less equal to 1st cheliped, a tuft of hair with chela; 5th periopod without small spinules in ischium; abdomen smooth without any abdominal hump, berried females carries around 350 to 470 eggs measuring 0.6×0.4 mm.; endopod of 1 st pleopod of male acutely triangular, appendix masculine 0.3 times as long as endopod; 6 pairs of movable spines, posterior margin ‘V’ shaped posses 6 spines; suture in exopod of uropods across the middle with 18-22 movable spines.

Distribution: India- Kerala, Karnataka, Telangana.

Figures

Figure 3. A. Caridina fernandoi Arudpragasam & Costa, 1962; B. Caridina shenoyi Jalihal & Sankolli 1984; C. Macrobrachium malcolmosonii malcolmsonii (H. M. Edwards, 1844); D. Macrobrachium lamarrei lamarrei (H. M. Edwards, 1837); E. Macrobrachium sp.; F. Barytelphusa cunicularis (Westwood in Sykes, 1836).