REVUE DES CRUSTACÉS ATYIDAE ET PALAEMONIDAE D’EAUDOUCE DE POLYNÉSIE FRANÇAISE AVEC DESCRIPTION D’UNENOUVELLE ESPÈCE DE MACROBRACHIUM.

Abstract

Inventories of the freshwater crustacean were carried out on French Polynesia rivers over a period of 4 years. 13 species were found: two are endemic, Caridina rapaensis (Edmonson, 1935) from Austral islands and Macrobrachium feunteuni n. sp. from Marquesas islands which is described here as new. Macrobrachium grandimanus (Randall, 1840) was caught for the first time in this area. Freshwaters of French Polynesia are rich and now well known.