Macrobrachium latidactylus ( Thallwitz, 1891 )

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 : 266

Macrobrachium latidactylus ( Thallwitz, 1891)

Palaemon latidactylus Thallwitz, 1891: 97 [type locality: Celebes (= Sulawesi), Indonesia]; Thallwitz, 1892: 17, Fig. 3 .

Palaemon (Macrobrachium) latidactylus – De Man, 1902: 805.

Palaemon lampropus De Man, 1892: 493 , Pl. 29 Fig. 49 [type locality: Celebes and Timor, Indonesia] – Kemp, 1918: 267; Suvatti, 1937: 49.

Macrobrachium latidactylus – Holthuis, 1950: 239, Fig. 50; 1980: 97; Costa, 1979: 57; Naiyanetr, 1980: 17; Yeo, Cai & Ng, 1999: 236; Cai & Ng, 2001: 683, Fig. 15; Cai, Naiyanetr & Ng, 2004: 584; Cai & Anker, 2004: 258.

Material examined. – 1 ovig. female, cl 8.2 mm, 1 female, cl 5.4 mm, UR, Binga Lake (below bridge), Philippines, 13 May.1985 ; 2 ovig. females, cl 11-12.5 mm, 4 females, cl 7-10.5 mm, UR, Malayas River , Victoria, Mindoro Island, Philippines, 14 Aug.1985 ; 1 ovig. female, cl 11.5 mm, UR, Daakrongsod River , Cebu Island, Philippines, 28 Jul.1985 ; 1 male, cl 17.0 mm, 1 female, cl 11 mm, 1 ovig. female, cl 11.0 mm, UR, Alag River , Mindoro Island, Philippines, 15 Aug.1985 ; 5 females, 3 ovig. females, cl 10.5-12.0 mm, UR, Sta. Rosa , Luzon, Philippines, 15 Jul.1985 ; 2 males, 13.5- 15.0 mm, 4 females, 8.0-11.0 mm, 3 ovig. females, cl 13.5-14.0 mm, UR, Sewaragan River , San Joaquin, Panay Island, Philippines, 19 Aug.1985 ; 4 males, cl 14-16.0 mm, 10 ovig. females, cl 10.0- 14.0 mm, UR, Sta , Rosa, Luzon Island, Philippines, 15 Jul.1987 ; 2 males, cl 13-13.5 mm, 2 ovig. males, cl 13- 1 mm, UR, San Francisco River , Surigao Del Nork, Mindanao Island, Philippines, 25 Aug.1985 ; 2 females, cl 11-16 mm, UR, Santacruz River , Palawan Island, Philippines; 3 ovig. females, cl 13-17 mm, UR, Naguilian River, Luzon, Philippines, 14 Jul.1985 .

Remarks. – Macrobrachium latidactylus is one of the most common species in Indo-West Pacific.

Distribution. – Indo-West Pacific, from Sri Lanka to Ryukyu Islands.

Figures

Fig. 3. Caridina buhi, new species, ovig. female, cl 4.0 mm, holotype, NSMT, Binahugan River, Buhi, Camarines Sur, Luzon, Philippines: A, cephalothorax and cephalic appendages, lateral view; B, telson; C, distal portion of telson; D, first pereiopod; E, second pereiopod; F, third pereiopod; G, dactylus of third pereiopod; H, fifth pereiopod; I, dactylus of fifth pereiopod; J, preanal carina; K, uropodal diaeresis. Scale bars: A = 1 mm, B, D-F, H, J = 0.5 mm; C, G, I, K = 0.2 mm.