Macrobrachium latidactylus ( Thallwitz, 1891 )

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 : 85

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.

Macrobrachium latidactylus – Holthuis, 1950: 239, Fig. 50; 1980: 97; Costa, 1979: 57; Naiyanetr, 1980: 17; Yeo et al., 1999: 236; Cai et al., 2004: 584; Short, 2004: 80, Fig. 31; Cai & Anker, 2004: 258; Wowor et al., 2004: 349, Fig 10E ; Cai & Shokita, 2006a: 266.

Material examined. – 5 males, cl 7.3–15.1 mm, 5 females, cl 6.0– 11.5 mm, ZRC 2007.0304 , River outside Inabacan Cave, Antequrra, coll. B. Sket, 23 Feb.1999 ; 1 male, cl 15 mm, ZRC 2007.0305 , Alijanan Bridge , stream, S. Duero, coll. B. Sket, 5 Mar.1999 ; 1 male, cl 10 mm, 1 female, cl 11 mm, ZRC 2007.0306 , River outside Inabacan Cave, Antequrra, coll. Y. Cai et al., 16 Dec.2000 ; 2 males, cl 12.8–13.5 mm, 1 female, cl 8.4 mm, ZRC 2007.0307 , River outside Inabacan Cave, Antequrra, coll. Y. Cai et al., 18 Dec.2000 .

Remarks. – Macrobrachium latidactylus has been reported from Sri Lanka ( Costa, 1979), Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, southern Thailand ( Holthuis, 1950; Johnson, 1963; Chace & Bruce, 1993; Yeo et al., 1999), Hainan ( Yu, 1936; Liu et al., 1990), Taiwan (Hwang & Yu, 1982; Shy & Yu, 1998), the Ryukyu Islands ( Shokita, 1979) and Australia ( Short, 2004).

Figures

Fig. 3. Caridina lobocensis, new species: A, cephalothorax and cephalic appendages, lateral view; B, distal portion of telson; C, first pereiopod; D, second pereiopod; E, third pereiopod; F, dactylus of third pereiopod; G, fifth pereiopod; H, dactylus of fifth pereiopod; I, preanal carina; J, uropodal diaeresis. Scale bars: A = 2 mm, B, F, H, J = 0.2 mm; C–E, G = 1 mm; I = 0.5 mm (male, cl 5.7 mm, paratype, ZRC, Bohol Island, Philippines).

Fig. 10. Caridina batuan, new species: 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, uropodal diaeresis. Scale bars: A, B = 1 mm; C = 0.2 mm, D–F, H = 0.5 mm; G, I, J = 0.1 mm (female, cl 3.0 mm, holotype, USC, Cave Kalumpan, Batuan).