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Vol. 46 No. 6, 2007
Two New Species of the Land-Locked Freshwater Shrimps Genus, Neocaridina Kubo, 1938 (Decapoda:
Caridea: Atyidae), from Taiwan, with Notes on Speciation on the Island
Hsi-Te
Shih1,* and Yixiong Cai2
1Department
of Life Science, National Chung Hsing University, 250 Kuo Kuang Road,
Taichung 402, Taiwan
2Biodiversity Center, National Parks Board, 1 Cluny
Road, Singapore 256569, Republic of Singapore
Hsi-Te
Shih and Yixiong Cai (2007) Two new species of land-locked
shrimp, Neocaridina saccam
and N. ketagalan (Decapoda:
Caridea: Atyidae), are described from Tainan, southwestern Taiwan, and
Taipei, northern Taiwan, respectively. Based on morphological and
molecular (mitochondrial 16S rRNA and cytochrome oxidase I genes)
evidence, both can be distinguished from their congeners. A speciation
model for this genus on the island of Taiwan is also proposed based on
geological events and molecular clock estimates.
Key words: Neocaridina
saccam, N. ketagalan,
16S rRNA, Cytochrome oxidase I, Biogeography.
*Correspondence: Tel and Fax: 886-4-22856496.
E-mail:htshih@dragon.nchu.edu.tw
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