guqin wrote: I am asking one of my friend who works on Caridina taxonomy to come and join us in this forum. He finished his PhD on Caridina taxonomy of China in NUS and knows a thing or two about the species here in SG and surrounding regions (Peninsula Malaysia, Borneo, Thailand, etc.). Hope that he can shed some light into the complicated world of Caridina taxonomy.
--It would be GREAT if your friend could joing this forum! I would definitely welcome it.
My name is Z.L. Guo. I'm working on the fauna and ecology of Chinese freshwater prawns. Maybe I can diagnosis of this shrimp for your, if your specimens belong to atiyd or palaemonid shrimp. But you had best send me the photos, including rostrum, first and second pereiopods, and the first and second pleopods, also the description.
Welcome to the forum! It's great to have someone here with intimate knowledge about chinese shrimp fauna. There is so much confusion about it among hobbyists and scientists alike. Looking forward to read your contributions in the future.
I have access to fish experts, but not the shrimp experts.
Hey, what´s going on. I thaught Yixiong is working upstairs from you?
I have two papers on the malayan shrimps (unfortunately in German) which seem to debate and argue on the true identity of one of the commonest shrimp available in the LFS!
Could be articles from Andreas or me. Which one do you mean. Maybe I can answer some of your questions or translate parts of the articles of interest to you.
If Yixiong can´t find some time to indentify your shrimp. I (or Prof. Zhaoliang Guo too) can do it for you. But (at least in case of the Caridinas) this could not be done on basis of a foto. You have to send some Exuvia or preserved specimen.
