Hi fellow shrimp keepers,
Just joined this forum. I never imagined that there would be a forum dedicated to shrimp keeping.
Anyway, I found this on the web. Maybe it is of some interest...
THE RAFFLES BULLETIN OF ZOOLOGY 2003 51(2): 277-282 [top]
CARIDINA TRIFASCIATA, A NEW SPECIES OF FRESHWATER SHRIMP
(DECAPODA: ATYIDAE) FROM HONG KONG
by
Rita S. W. YAM
Department of Ecology & Biodiversity, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
Yixiong CAI
Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore; Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
ABSTRACT. - A new atyid species, Caridina trifasciata, is described from Hong Kong. Morphological investigations show obvious differences from previously recorded Caridina species, and indicate that it belongs to the 'C. serrata Stimpson (1860) group' of Atyidae.
New Caridina species from Hong Kong
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