STUDY ON NEW ATYID SHRIMPS (DECAPODA, CARIDEA) FROM GUANGXI, CHINA

Abstract

A large number of freshwater atyid shrimps were collected from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region by the authors during the past years. The shrimps belong to two genera. Four are described as new, three of which live in the limestone cave. The type specimens of the new species are kept in Shanghai Fisheries University. The diagnosis of the new species is given. Typhlocaridina liui sp. nov., Caridina guangxiensis sp. nov and Caridina sphyrapoda sp. nov