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 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.
Keywords
Neocaridina saccam, N. ketagalan, 16S rRNA, Cytochrome oxidase I, Biogeography.
