Caridina lufengensis, a new species of shrimp (Crustacea : Decapoda : Atyidae) from Yunnan, South-western China

Authors
Cai, YX Duan, YX
Citation
Yx. Cai et Yx. Duan, Caridina lufengensis, a new species of shrimp (Crustacea : Decapoda : Atyidae) from Yunnan, South-western China, RAFFL B ZOO, 46(2), 1998, pp. 329-334
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Animal Sciences
Journal title
RAFFLES BULLETIN OF ZOOLOGY
ISSN journal
02172445 → ACNP
Volume
46
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
329 - 334
Database
ISI
SICI code
0217-2445(199812)46:2<329:CLANSO>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
A new species of atyid shrimp from Lufeng County of Yunnan Province, South- western China is reported. Caridina lufengensis, new species, characterised by the rostrum without teeth or with a limited number of small teeth, the long stylocerite which reaches the end of basal segment of antennular pedun cle, and the slender endopod of male first pleopod with appendix interna di stinctly reaching beyond the distal margin of the endopod.