Atyopsis spinipes ( Newport, 1847 )

Cai, Yixiong, Choy, Satish & Ng, Peter K. L., 2009, Epigean And Hypogean Freshwater Shrimps Of Bohol Island, Central Philippines (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea), Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 57 (1), pp. 65-89 : 66

Atyopsis spinipes ( Newport, 1847)

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

Atya moluccensis – De Man, 1902: 893 (not Atya moluccensis De Haan, 1849 ).

Atyopsis spinipes – Chace, 1983: 35, Figs. 20–22; 1997: 4; Cai & Shokita, 2006b: 2133.

Material examined. – Two females, cl 6.0– 7.2 mm, ZRC 2007.0268 , River outside Inabacan Cave , Antequrra, coll. Y. Cai et al., 16 Dec.2000 .

Remarks. – Chace (1997) reported this species from Luzon, Catanduanes, Cebu and a location that probably Mindoro. De Man (1902) reported Atya moluccensis from Halmahera, for which, Chace (1983) commentd that De Man’s (1902) specimens “probably represent Atyopsis spinipes , as indicated by the fewer (3–5) ventral teeth.” According to Chace (1983), the most reliable characters used to separate Atyopsis moluccensis from A. spinies is the large number of ventral rostral teeth as 7–16 (vs. 2–6). Atyopsis spinipes occurs from the Philippines and eastern Lesser Sunda Islands (at ca. 120°00'E) northwards to Taiwan and Tokuno-shima in the Ryukyus, and eastwards as far as Samoa ( Chace, 1983).