Caridina ponapensis Mazancourt, Marquet & Keith, 2024, sp. nov.
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 ponapensis

description: Caridina ponapensis sp. nov.
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Figures 3C, 5 and 9C
- Caridina cf. weberi Pohnpei —de Mazancourt et al., 2019 [47]: 166, Figures 2–5;
- Non Caridina weberi parvirostris —Maciolek & Ford, 1987 [13]: 628;
- Non Caridina weberi —Maciolek & Ford, 1987 [13]: 628 (part?).—Nelson et al., 1996 [14]: 11 (part?).—Buden et al., 2001 [15]: 257 (part?).
Material examined
Type material
FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA: Pohnpei Island. Holotype: MNHN-IU-2024-447: 1 ♂ cl 2.4 mm, Nanpilriver (station 2), 9 March 2012, 93 ma.s.l., 06 ◦ 54.498 ′ N, 158 ◦ 13.270 ′ E, coll. M. Castelin, P. Keith, P. Gerbeaux, G. Marquet, and L. Taillebois. Paratypes: MNHN-IU-2024-448: 1 ♀ ovig. cl 3.0 mm Nanpilriver (station 1), 9 March 2012, 127 ma.s.l., 06 ◦ 55.242 ′ N, 158 ◦ 12.265 ′ E, coll. M. Castelin, P. Keith, P. Gerbeaux, G. Marquet, and L. Taillebois. MNHN-IU-2024-449: 1 ♂ cl 2.4 mm, Nanpilriver (station 2), 9 March 2012, 93 ma.s.l., 06 ◦ 54.498 ′ N, 158 ◦ 13.270 ′ E, coll. M. Castelin, P. Keith, P. Gerbeaux, G. Marquet, and L. Taillebois. MNHN-IU-2024-450 (DNA: CA1390): 1 ♀ cl 3.8 mm and MNHN-IU-2024-451 (DNA: CA1391): 1 ♀ ovig. cl 3.7 mm, Lehn Mesi river (station 2), 06 ◦ 51.107 ′ N, 158 ◦ 11.396 ′ E, 10 March 2012, 139 ma.s.l., coll. M. Castelin, P. Keith, P. Gerbeaux, G. Marquet, and L. Taillebois. MNHN-IU-2024-452 (DNA: CA1388): 1 ♀ ovig. cl 3.5 mm and MNHN-IU-2024-453 (DNA: CA1389): 1 ♀ ovig. cl 2.9 mm, Senipehn river (station 2), 95 ma.s.l., 06 ◦ 51.906 ′ N, 158 ◦ 16.010 ′ E, 12 March 2012, coll. M. Castelin, P. Keith, P. Gerbeaux, G. Marquet, and L. Taillebois. MNHN-IU-2024-454: 1 ♀ ovig. cl 3.1 mm; Mahnd river, 06 ◦ 50.609 ′ N, 158 ◦ 17.212 ′ E, 14 March 2012, 107 m a.s.l., coll. M. Castelin, P. Keith, P. Gerbeaux, G. Marquet, and L. Taillebois.
Comparative material
Caridina weberi De Man, 1892: Syntypes MNHN-IU-2015-1755 2 ♂ cl 4.4–4.5 mm, 1 ♀ ovig. cl 6.1 mm.
Caridina parvirostris De Man, 1892: Syntypes MNHN-IU-2015-1748 cl. 3.1–3.2 mm, 1 ♀ cl. 4.2 mm.
Caridina keiensis Roux, 1911: Lectotype NMB 6.IV.b 1 ♀ ovig. cl 5.7 mm; Paralectoptypes NMB 6.IV.a 2 ♂ cl 2.6 mm; NMB 6.IV.b 1 ♀ cl 5.5 mm; one male cl 3.4 mm.
Description
Cephalothorax. Suborbital angle indistinguishably fused with antennal spine. Pterygostomian margin rounded. Rostrum (Figure 5m,n): curved down, short, 0.2–0.3 of cl, not overreaching first segment of antennular peduncle, armed with four–six teeth on dorsal margin, zero of them situated on carapace behind orbital margin, ventral margin with zero–one teeth.
Eyes well-developed, anterior end reaching to 0.7 times length of basal segment of antennular peduncle. Antennular peduncle 0.57 times as long as carapace. Anterolateral angle reaching 0.28 times length of the second segment, second segment distinctly shorter than third segment. Stylocerite reaching to 0.9 times length of basal segment of antennular peduncle.
Pereiopods. Epipods on first four pereiopods. P1 (Figure 5a): chela about 1.8–2.0 times as long as wide, movable finger 2.0–3.3 times as long as wide, 0.5–1.2 times length of palm; carpus 1.3–1.9 times as longas wide. P2 (Figure 5b) more slender and longer than first pereiopod with chela 2.4–2.6 times as long as wide: movable finger 4.0–4.5 times as long as wide, 1.3–1.8 times length of palm; carpus slender 5.6–6.5 times as longas wide. P3 (Figure 5c): stout, dactylus (Figure 5e) 2.4–3.7 times as long as wide terminal spiniform (seta included) with five–six spines on flexor margin in addition to the terminal spine; propodus 7.9–8.9 times as long as wide, 3.5–4.8 times as long as dactylus. P5 (Figure 5d): dactylus (Figure 5f) 3.0–4.3 times as long as wide with 29–39 spiniform setae on flexor margin; propodus 10.6–15.7 times as long as wide, 4.1–5.2 times as long as dactylus.
Abdomen. Third abdominal somite with moderately convex dorsal profile. Sixth abdominal somite 0.48 times as long as carapace, 1.5 times as long as fifth somite, 0.86 times as long as telson.
Telson (Figure 5i) two times as long as wide, with four pairs of dorsal spinules and one pair of dorsolateral spinules; posterior margin with a median process, rounded with five–nine very long intermediate plumose setae longer than lateral ones.
Male Pl1 (Figure 5k): Endopod subtriangular, 0.53 times length of exopod, appendix interna stout, exceeding end of endopod.
Male Pl2 (Figure 5l): Long appendix masculina on second pleopod reaching 0.85 times length of endopod; appendix interna reaching about 0.64 times length of appendix masculina.
Preanal carina high (Figure 5g) and unarmed.
Uropodal diaeresis (Figure 5h) with 19–24 spinules.
Eggs sized: 0.43–0.50 mm × 0.25–0.29 mm (Figure 5j).
Habitat
This new species is largely rheophile and prefers waters that are fresh and fast-flowing from the lower to the higher courses.
Etymology
C. ponapensis sp. nov. is named after the former name of Pohnpei, Ponape, from where this new species is endemic.
Colour pattern (Figure 9C)
Body transparent with spots of chromatophores scattered over the body.
Distribution
This new species seems endemic to Pohnpei Island.
Remarks
Based on the form of the rostrum, the high pre-anal carina, the large number of uropodal teeth, and the shape of the telson, this new species belongs to the C. weberi species group. In this group, it is most similar to C. parvirostris by its short curved-down rostrum and slender P2 carpus: 5.6–6.5 (vs. 6.0–7.4). However, it could be easily separated from C. parvirostris by lower numbers of dorsal and ventral teeth on the rostrum, respectively, 4–6 (vs. 8–10) and 0–1 (vs. 2). This new species is also similar to C. keiensis by its rostrum (lower numbers of dorsal and ventral teeth on the rostrum, respectively, 4–6 (vs. 2–13) and 0–1 (vs. 1–2)) and its relatively long stylocerite reaching to 0.90 times the length of the basal segment of antennular peduncle (vs. 0.92), but it could be easily distinguished by its longer P2 carpus 5.6–6.5 (vs. 3.5–4.5), and the size of the eggs 0.43–0.50 mm × 0.25–0.29 mm (vs. 0.39–0.42 mm × 0.24–0.25 mm).
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 12-14, DOI: 10.3390/d16040200, http://zenodo.org/record/15091876