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It is time for an updatye on the identification of the four local Atyiid Shrimps from around Darwin in the NT. I took Werner's advice and went to Dr Tim Page of Griffith University in Qld. He kindly offered to run their DNA and check it against known collections here in Australia. It appears that ...

Hello Wrerner,
just thought I would let you know the NT Museum has identified the shrimp pictured as C. serratirostris. You were correct.

Cheers
Dave



Hi Dave!

There are a lot of atyid shrimp species in the northern region of Australia. Not only of the genus Caridina but also Paratya ...

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Even if they were captive breed?

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I think that it is possible to export captive bred invertebrates if they are part of an approved aquaculture facility that has passed the criteria from the Commonwealth Government to be part of an approved aquaculture program. The application ...

Hello Werner,

thanks for your input. I had the shrimp with the white rostrum identified by a biologist in the Parks and Wildlife Service here in the NT. I was confidet that it is C.longirostris. I will see if there are any better photos then put them in the photo album.

I hadn't intended to send ...

Thanks for the start, looks like others with the Neocaridina label. I might have to send some off to the Museum in Qld. The local Museum crustacean expert retired a few years ago and was not replaced.

They come in different colours, some dark green, orange, red, clear, and occasionally blue. I will ...

Hello
I'm new here, I live near Darwin and keep little shrimps that I collect locally.

I was wonderring if anyone can help with the identity of a North Australian shrimp, it is about 15mm and I put a picture of it in an album I just created called Dave's Australian native shrimps. I will put more ...