Caridina elongapoda Liang & Yan 1977
Creators: name: Cai, Yixiong
name: Ng, Peter K. L.
name: Choy, Satish
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Decapoda
Atyidae
Caridina
Caridina elongapoda

description: Caridina elongapoda Liang & Yan, 1977   
 Caridina nilotica elongapoda Liang & Yan, 1977: 220, Figs.5–8 [type locality: Xinzai, Gulei village, Zhangpu County, Fujian, southern China].   
 Caridina aff. brachydactyla – Yeo et al., 1999: 218, Figs.10–14.[not C. brachydactyla De Man, 1892]   
 Caridina longirostris – Chace, 1997: 14 (part), Fig. 6 [not C. longirostris H. Milne Edwards, 1837]   
 Caridina elongapoda – Cai & Shokita, 2006a: 249.   
  Material examined. – Peninsular  Malaysia: 28 specimens, ZRC 1998.865, Sungai Asah, coll. P. K. L. Ng et al., 24 Jun.1997; 1 specimen, Monkey Bay, Pulau Tioman, coll. H. H. Tan et al., 25 Jun.1997; 4 specimens, ZRC 1998.866, Sungai Raya, Pulau Tioman, coll. D. C. J. Yeo et al., 26 Jun.1997; 120 specimens, ZRC 1998.867, Sungai Mentawak, Pulau Tioman, coll. Y. Cai, 24 Jun.1997; 105 specimens, ZRC 1998.868, Sungai Keliling, coll. Y. Cai et al., 27 Jun.1997; 53 specimens, ZRC 1998.869, Sungai Paya, Pulau Tioman, coll. P. K. L. Ng et al., 25 Jun.1997; 50 specimens, ZRC 1998.870, Sungai Nipah, Pulau Tioman, coll. Y. Cai, 24 Jun.1997; 65 specimens, ZRC 1998.871, Sungai Salang, Pulau Tioman, Malaysia, coll. Y. Cai et al., 25 Jun.1997; 23 specimens, ZRC 1996.1756, Sungai Keliling, Pulau Tioman, Malaysia, coll. P. K. L. Ng et al., 27–28 Jun.1996; 51 specimens, ZRC 1996.1757, Sungai Raya, Kampung Mukut, Pulau Tioman, coll. P. K. L. Ng et al., 26 Jun.1996; 2 specimens, ZRC 1996.1758, Sungai Ayer Besar, stream along Tekek-Juara trail, Pulau Tioman, coll. P. K. L. Ng et al., 24–25 Jun.1996; 10 specimens, ZRC 1996.1759, left stream at mouth of Sungai Paya, Pulau Tioman, coll. O. Chia & M. J. Ng, 27 Jun.1996; 66 specimens, ZRC 1996.1760, Sungai Nipah, Pulau Tioman, coll. D. C. J. Yeo et al., 28 Jun.1996; 125 specimens, ZRC 1996.1761, Sungai Paya, Kampung Paya, Pulau Tioman, coll. P. K. L. Ng et al., 25–27 Jun.1996; 16 specimens (ZRC 1996.1762), Kampung Paya, Sungai Pasal upstream (about 15 min walk from start of trail to Sungai Paya), Pulau Tioman, coll. H. H. Tan et al., 17 Sep.1995; 19 specimens, ZRC 1996.1763, Kampung Genting, Sungai Ayer Raja, Pulau Tioman, coll. P. K. L. Ng et al., 15 Sep.1995; 10 specimens, ZRC 1996.1764, Sungai Paya upstream, near base of Bukit Paya, coll. H. H. Tan et al., 17 Sep.1995; 3 specimens, ZRC 1996.1765, Sungai Ayer Besar waterfall, on Tekek-Juara trail, Pulau Tioman, coll. P. K. L. Ng et al., 16 Sep.1995; 4 specimens, ZRC 1990.11847 – 11850, Genting, Pulau Tioman, Pahang, coll. S. S. C. Chong, 28 Jun.1986; 3 specimens, ZRC 1990.11857 – 11859, last stream enroute to Juara, Pulau Tioman, Pahang, coll. S. S. C. Chong, 30 Jun.1986; 6 specimens, ZRC 1990.11864 – 11869, Kampung Mukut, Pulau Tioman, coll. S. S. C. Chong, 28 Jun.1986; 2 specimens, ZRC 1990.11870 – 11871, ca. 100 m a.s.l. Waterfall at south of Mukut waterfall, Pulau Tioman, coll. S. S. C. Chong, 27 Jun.1986. 10 males, cl. 2.8–3.2mm, 27 females, cl.3.5–5.0, ZRC 1998.872, Sungai Keliling, Pulau Tioman, coll. Y. Cai & N. K. Ng, 8–11 Sep.1998; 1 female, cl 3.6 mm, 2 ovigerous females, cl 3.7–3.8 mm, ZRC 1990.11847 – 11853, Sungai Genting, Pulau Tioman, 28 Jul.1986; 19 males, cl 2.7–3.8 mm, 5 females, cl 3.5–4.7 mm, 29 ovigerous females, cl 3.5–4.7 mm, ZRC 2007.0371, Kg. Mukut, Pulau Tioman, 28 Jun.1986; 2 ovigerous females, cl 5.1–5.2 mm, ZRC 2007.0372, ca. 100m above see level, waterfall in stream south of Mukut waterfall, Pulau Tioman, coll. S. S. C. Chong, 27 Jun.1985; 8 males, cl 3.0– 3.2 mm, 11 females, cl 3.2–4.1 mm, ZRC 2007.0373, stream on east ridge Pulau Redang, 24 Jun.1992.   
 Remarks. – Cai & Shokita (2006a) recently reported C. elongapoda from the Philippines and referred the Pulau Tioman material reported by Yeo et al. (1999) to this species.   
 Distribution. – China, Malaysia, the Philippines (Cai & Shokita, 2006a)
description: Published as part of Cai, Yixiong, Ng, Peter K. L. & Choy, Satish, 2007, Freshwater Shrimps Of The Family Atyidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea) From Peninsular Malaysia And Singapore, pp. 277-309 in Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 55 (2) on page 285, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5333541