African Caridina (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea: Atyidae): redescriptions of C-africana Kingsley, 1882, C-togoensis Hilgendorf, 1893, C-natalensis Bouvier, 1925 and C-roubaudi Bouvier, 1925 with descriptions of 14 new species

作者：Richard Jasmine^*; Clark Paul F

来源：Zootaxa, 2009, (1995): 1-75.

• Crustacea
• Atyidae
• Caridina
• Caridina africana
• C. togoensis
• C. natalensis comb. nov.
• C. roubaudi comb. nov.
• redescriptions
• new species

Caridina africana Kingsley, 1882 and C. togoensis Hilgendorf, 1893 are redescribed. The distribution of C. africana is restricted to Zululand, its type locality and the adjacent area, while the distribution of C. togoensis is extended to new localities on the African continent. The subspecies, C. africana natalensis Bouvier, 1925 and C. africana var. roubaudi Bouvier, 1925, are redescribed and given species status. Fourteen new African species are described from specimens previously identified as C. africana, C. nilotica, C. near nilotica and Caridina sp. in various museum collections. These new species are described, illustrated and a key is provided to facilitate identification.

• 出版日期2009-2-4