Atyopsis spinipes ( Newport, 1847 )

Shokita, Yixiong Cai Shigemitsu, 2006, Report On A Collection Of Freshwater Shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea) From The Philippines, With Descriptions Of Four New Species, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 54 (2), pp. 245-270 : 246

Atyopsis spinipes ( Newport, 1847)

Atya spinipes Newport, 1847: 159 [type locality: Philippine Islands]

Atya moluccensis – De Man, 1902: 893.

Atyopsis spinipes – Chace, 1983: 35, Figs. 20-22; Cai & Ng, 2001: 666, Figs. 2 a-d; Cai & Anker, 2004: 235.

Material examined. – 10 males, cl 5.2-5.5 mm, UR, San Gabriel , Luzon Island, Philippines, 15 Jul.1985 ; 1 male, cl 10.5 mm, UR, Panitian River , upper stream, ca 30 km from river mouth, Palawan Island, Philippines, 8 Jun.1985 ; 1 female, cl 3.8 mm, UR, Sta. Rosa , Luzon Island, Philippines, 15 Jul.1985 ; 2 males, cl 10.5-12.0 mm, 1 female, cl 11.0 mm, UR, Villaflor River , Mindoro Island, Philippines, 15 Aug.1985 ; 1 female, cl 3.5 mm, UR, Aninoan River , Mindoro Island, Philippines, 15 Aug.1985 .

Remarks. – Chace (1997) reported this species from Luzon, Catanduanes, Cebu and a location that probably from Mindoro.

Distribution. – Philippines and eastern Lesser Sunda Islands (ca. 120 ° 00'E) northwards to Taiwan and as far as Tokuno-shima in the Ryukyus, and eastwards as far as Samoa (cf. Chace, 1983).

Figures

Fig. 2. Caridina cebuensis, new species, male, cl 2.5 mm, paratype, Cebu, Philippines:A, third pereiopod; B, dactylus of third pereiopod; C, fifth pereiopod; D, dactylus of fifth pereiopod; E, endopod of male first pleopod; F, appendix masculina and appendix interna of male second pleopod. Scale bars: A, C = 0.5 mm; B, D-F = 0.1 mm.