Caridina peninsularis Kemp, 1918

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 : 248-249

Caridina peninsularis Kemp, 1918

Caridina brachydactyla peninsularis Kemp, 1918: 279 , Fig.10a-g [type locality: Patani, southern Thailand and Penang Island , Malaysia].

Caridina peninsularis Cai & Anker, 2004: 237 , Fig. 2 .

Material examined. – 3 males, cl 4.0- 4.3 mm, 3 ovig. females, cl 6.1-6.6 mm, spring water to Sagay River , Cebu Island, Philippines, 27 Jul.1985 ; 1 male, cl 3.8 mm, 2 females, cl 4.2-4.4 mm, Tag Bariri , Palawan Island, Philippines, 9 Aug.1985 ; 2 females, cl 2.1-3.1 mm,

1 ovig. female, cl 3.6 mm, Santacruz River , Palawan Island, Philippines, 9 Aug.1985 .

Remarks. – Caridina peninsularis has just recently been reported from Busuang Island, Philippines by Cai & Anker (2004).

Distribution. – Peninsular Malaysia, southern Thailand and Philippines.

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.