Caridina elongapoda Liang and Yan, 1977

Caridina elongapoda Liang and Yan, 1977 View in CoL

Caridina nilotica elongapoda Liang and Yan, 1977 [ 58]: 220, figs. 5–8.—Liang and Zheng, 1988: 15 (Type locality: Xinzai, Gulei village, Zhangpu County, Fujian, southern China) .

Caridina elongapoda View in CoL —Wowor et al., 2004 [ 59]: 341, fig. 6A, B.—Cai and Shokita, 2006 [ 12]: 249 (part?).—Cai et al., 2007 [ 60]: 285; 2009: 68.—Cai, 2014 [ 61]: 214; 2020 [ 55]: 1414, fig. 5.—de Mazancourt et al., 2018 [ 54]: fig. 2.

Caridina aff. brachydactyla View in CoL —Yeo, Cai and Ng, 1999 [ 62]: 218, figs. 10–14.

Non Caridina longirostris —Chace, 1997 [ 20]: fig. 6 (part?).

Material examined:

PHILIPPINES — 2 specimens; Puerto Galera, small creek; N 13 ◦ 27 Į 44 ĮĮ E 120 ◦ 59 Į 11 ĮĮ; 02.07.2017; coll. Freitag; ZMB 30705 ( DNA: 3078) and ZMB 30703 ( GoogleMaps DNA: 2160) .

Comparative material:

MALAYSIA: 1 ♂, cl 4.2 mm ; Pulau Tioman, Sungai Asah ; 24.06.1997 ; coll. Ng et al .; ZRC 1998.0865.— 1 ♀, cl 4.3 mm, same data as for preceding ; ( ZRC 1998.0865) ; 1 ♀ ovig., cl 4.3 mm, same data as for preceding ( ZRC 1998.0865) .

Habitat: This species lives in the lower course of rivers among submerged vegetation.

Distribution: On Mindoro: Localities no. 5 and 37. Southern China, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines.

Remarks:

Cai and Shokita (2006) [ 12] reported this species from Mindoro and provided a diagnosis. Re-examination of specimens cited by Yeo et al. (1999) [ 62] from Pulau Tioman (Malaysia) confirmed that they are conspecific with our specimens from Mindoro.

This species has been assessed as Least Concern for the IUCN Red List (De Grave, 2013 [ 63]).