Macrobrachium lar ( Fabricius, 1798 )

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 : 263

Macrobrachium lar ( Fabricius, 1798)

Palaemon Lar Weber, 1795: 94 [nomen nudum] Palaemon Lar Fabricius, 1798: 402 [type locality: in India Dom.

Daldorf; – Cowles, 1914: 380, Pl. 2 Fig. 7 . Palaemon (Eupalaemon) lar – De Man, 1902: 774. Macrobrachium lar – Holthuis, 1950: 176, Fig. 37; Chace & Bruce,

1993: 30, Fig. 9 ; Yeo, Cai & Ng, 1999: 236; Cai & Ng, 2001:

683, Fig. 14e; Cai & Anker, 2004: 256.

Material examined. – 2 females, cl 7.5-14.5 mm, UR, River outside the University of Agriculture , Sapiland village, Luzon Island, Philippines, 15 Jul.1985 ; 3 males, cl 14-20 mm, 1 ovig. female, cl 19.5 mm, UR, Tag Bariri , Palawan Island, Philippines, 9 Aug.1985 ; 1 male, cl 27.0 mm, UR, Manuanga River , Cebu Island, Philippines, 29 Jul.1985 ; 4 males, cl 17-30 mm, 2 females, cl 23-30 mm, UR, Villaflor River , Mindoro Island, Philippines, 15 Aug.1985 ; 1 male, cl 11.0 mm, UR, Sagay River , Cebu Island, Philippines, 27 Jul.1985 .

Remarks. – Macrobrachium lar is a well known species, widely distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific.

Distribution. – Indo-West Pacific. It has been introduced to Hawaii.

Figures

Fig. 7. Caridina mindanao, new species, ovig. female, cl 3.8 mm, Mindanao, Philippines: A, cephalothorax and cephalic appendages; B, abdomen and telson; C, scaphocerite; D, mandible; E, maxillula; F, maxilla; G, first maxilliped; H, second maxilliped. Scale bars: A, B = 1 mm; C, H = 0.5 mm.

Fig.9. Caridina mindanao, new species, male, cl 3.3 mm, Mindanao, Philippines: A, first pereiopod; B, second pereiopod; C, third pereiopod; D, dactylus of third pereiopod; E, fifth pereiopod; F, dactylus of fifth pereiopod; G, male first pleopod; H, appendix masculina and appendix interna of male second pleopod; I, preanal carina. Scale bars: A-C, E, I = 0.5 mm; D, F = 0.1 mm; G, H = 0.2 mm.