Caridina appendiculata Jalihal & Shenoy 1998
Creators: name: Mazancourt, Valentin de
name: Marquet, Gérard
name: Keith, Philippe
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Decapoda
Atyidae
Caridina
Caridina appendiculata

description: Caridina appendiculata Jalihal & Shenoy, 1998
Figures 3I and 10A.
Caridina appendiculata Jalihal and Shenoy, 1998: 128 [type locality: River Bari (approx. 8 ◦ 21.070 ′ S, 120 ◦ 10.928 ′ E), Flores, Indonesia].—Cai and Ng, 2007 [64]: 1590.—Klotz et al., 2007 [65]: 7, Figure 3 (part), 4.—de Mazancourt et al., 2018 [66]: 1433, Figure 1, 4.; 2019 [47]: 166; 2020 [43]: 3, 78 (key), Figures 2H and 25C.—Short et al., 2019 [67]: 4, 15, Figure 7.— Hernawati et al., 2020 [68]: Figure 3.
- Caridina gracilirostris —De Man, 1892 [69]: 399 (part).—Holthuis, 1978 [70]: 35 (part);
- Caridina sp. E —Page et al., 2007 [21]: 648, Figures 2 and 3.—Cook et al., 2011 [71]: 278, Figure 3.
Material examined
PALAU: Babeldaob Island. MNHN-IU-2018-127 (DNA: CA1021): 1 ♀ ovig., cl 3.9 mm, small stream East Coast, near the estuary (Station 5), 07 ◦ 29.909 ′ N, 134 ◦ 38.099 ′ E, 2 March 2011, 0 ma.s.l., coll. M. Castelin, P. Keith, P. Gerbeaux, G. Marquet, and L. Taillebois.
FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA: Pohnpei Island. MNHN–IU–2018–128, 1 ♀ ovig. cl 3.2 mm and MNHN–IU–2018–129, 1 ♀ ovig. cl 3.6 mm (DNA: CA1333); Nanpil river estuary, 5 m a.s.l., 06 ◦ 56.609 ′ N, 158 ◦ 13.550 ′ E, coll. P. Keith, P. Gerbeaux, G. Marquet, L. Taillebois, and M. Castelin, 13 March 2012; MNHN–IU–2018–130, 1 ♀ ovig. cl 3.0 mm (DNA: CA1330), MNHN–IU–2018–131, 1 ♀ ovig. cl 3.4 mm and MNHN–IU–2018–132, 1 ♀ cl 3.1 mm; unnamed river, estuary, 5 m a.s.l., 06 ◦ 48.579 ′ N, 158 ◦ 12.639 ′ E, coll. P. Keith, P. Gerbeaux, G. Marquet, L. Taillebois, and M. Castelin, 15 March 2012. MNHN-IU-2024-464 (DNA: CA1183), 2 ♀ ovig., cl 3.2–3.6 mm, Nanpil river estuary (Station 9), 06 ◦ 56.609 ′ N, 158 ◦ 13.550 ′ E; 13 March 2012; 5 ma.s.l., coll. M. Castelin, P. Keith, P. Gerbeaux, G. Marquet, and L. Taillebois. MNHN-IU-2018-130, 1 ♀ ovig., cl 3.0 mm, 1 ♀, cl 3.1 mm, River 2, 15 March 2012, 5 ma.s.l., 06 ◦ 48.579 ′ N, 158 ◦ 12.639 ′ E, coll. M. Castelin, P. Keith, P. Gerbeaux, G. Marquet, and L. Taillebois. USNM 104882: 1 juv. cl 2.8 mm, south fork of Arakitaoch river, station 170-A, 7 ◦ 31.556 ′ N, 134 ◦ 34.199 ′ E, 15 November 1956, coll. H.A. Fehlmann. USNM 172592: 4 ♀, cl 2.9–3.6 mm, Metengalakumer river, station 1MR 4-08, 17 November 1977, coll. G. Bright. MNHN–IU–2018–127, 1 ♀ ovig. cl 3.9 mm (DNA: CA1021), small stream East Coast, near the estuary, 0 m a.s.l., 07 ◦ 29.909 ′ N, 134 ◦ 38.099 ′ E, 2 March 2011, coll. P. Keith, P. Gerbeaux, G. Marquet, L. Taillebois, and M. Castelin.
Distribution
C. appendiculata Jalihal and Shenoy, 1998 is known from Australia, Indonesia (Flores, Obira, and Sulawesi), Solomon Islands (Kolombangara, Isabel), Micronesia (Pohnpei), Palau, and Vanuatu (Aneityum, Efate, Epi and Santo) [66].
Habitat
All specimens were found in a typical brackish water environment (brackish water pool or colonizing the lower part of rivers, near the estuary).
Remarks de Mazancourt et al. [66] redescribed this species in detail.
description: Published as part of Mazancourt, Valentin de, Marquet, Gérard & Keith, Philippe, 2024, An Integrative Taxonomic Revision of the Freshwater Atyid Shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea) of Micronesia, pp. 1-31 in Diversity 16 (200) on pages 22-23, DOI: 10.3390/d16040200, http://zenodo.org/record/15091876