EPIGEAN AND HYPOGEAN FRESHWATER SHRIMPS OF BOHOL ISLAND, CENTRAL PHILIPPINES (CRUSTACEA: DECAPODA: CARIDEA)

摘要

The epigean and hypogean freshwater shrimps from Bohol Island, central Philippines, collected during various speleological expeditions by the Philippine, Slovenian and Singaporean scientists between 1995 and 2000 are reported here. The material contains 25 species of caridean shrimps in two families. The Atyidae are represented by 16 species from four genera: Antecaridina, Halocaridinides and Atyopsis, each with one species; and Caridina, with 13 species, including seven new taxa. The Palaemonidae are represented by two genera, Macrobrachium with eight species and Palaemon with one. Detailed descriptions are provided for new and rarely reported species.