History of changes

• Atyidae De Haan, W. 1849. Crustacea. 1-243 pls A-J, L-Q, 1-55, circ. tab. 2 in Von Siebold, P.F. (ed.). Fauna Japonica sive Descriptio Animalium, quae in Itinere per Japoniam, Jussu et Auspiciis Superiorum, qui Summum in India Batava Imperium Tenent, Suscepto, Annis 1823–1830 Collegit, Notis, Observationibus et Adumbrationibus Illustravit. Leiden : Lugundi-Batavorum. [168, 184] [as Atyadea; name placed in the corrected spelling, Atyidae, on the Official List of Family-Group Names in Zoology, see International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1957. Opinion 470. Additions to the Official List of Family-Group Names in Zoology of the names of one hundred and two genera of Caridea (Class Crustacea, Order Decapoda) and use of the Plenary Powers for various purposes in connection therewith. Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 16: 129–202, the incorrect original spelling placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Family-Group Names in Zoology in the same Opinion].

  Secondary source:

   International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1957. Opinion 470. Additions to the Official List of Family-Group Names in Zoology of the names of one hundred and two genera of Caridea (Class Crustacea, Order Decapoda) and use of the Plenary Powers for various purposes in connection therewith. Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 16: 129-202.
• Stynier Bouvier, E.L. 1908. Arachnides, Myriopodes et Crustacés. in, Chevalier, A. Mission Chari-Lac Tchad 1902–1904. Apend. S. 701–702 Paris. [701].
• Paratyinae Holthuis, L.B. 1986. A new genus and species of subterranean shrimp from Western Australia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Atyidae). Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 60(7): 103-111 [103, 104].
• Caridellinae Holthuis, L.B. 1986. A new genus and species of subterranean shrimp from Western Australia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Atyidae). Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 60(7): 103-111 [103, 104].
• Typhlatyinae Holthuis, L.B. 1986. A new genus and species of subterranean shrimp from Western Australia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Atyidae). Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 60(7): 103-111 [103, 104].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Holthuis, L.B. 1993. The Recent Genera of the Caridean and Stenopodidean Shrimps (Crustacea, Decapoda). Alblasserdam : Ridderprint Offsetdrukkerij B.V. 328 pp. [40]

Introduction

Australian atyid shrimps are all small in size, being less than 35 mm in total length with the exception of Australatya striolata which reaches 60 mm total length. Many are exclusively found in freshwater although a few have larval development requiring marine influence and others are occasionally found in brackish water as adults. Typically they feed by scraping food particles off rocks and plants using the brush-like setae on the tips of the claws of their first and second legs, but at least one species, Pycnisia raptor, is believed to be a predator.

Perhaps the most influential work on Australian atyids was published by Riek (1953), although a number of other important papers have followed. Chace (1983) reviewed the Atya-like shrimps of the Indo-west Pacific region and was able to recognise the Australian Riffle Shrimp, as a separate endemic genus Australatya. New species of Caridina were described by Short (1993) and Choy & Marshall (1997). Williams (1964), Holthuis (1960, 1986) and Bruce (1992) described an interesting and relatively diverse fauna of cave-dwelling shrimps (Parisia, Pycneus, Pycnisia and Stygiocaris) and it seems likely that more will become known as speleologists explore more remote northern cave systems.

Holthuis (1986) divided the Atyidae into four subfamilies: Atyinae de Haan, 1849 (including Australatya and Caridina), Caridellinae Holthuis, 1986 (Caridinides, Parisia, Pycneus, Pycnisia), Paratyinae Holthuis, 1986 (Paratya), and Typhlatyinae Holthuis, 1986 (Stygiocaris). Only genera occurring in Australia are included here. Keys to all genera in each subfamily were provided by Holthuis (1993).

Diagnosis

Rostrum, if present, inflexibly attached to rest of carapace. Carapace without longitudinal lateral ridges or suture, and without cardiac notch in posterior margin. Eyes neither unusually long nor concealed beneath carapace. Antennule with two flagella, neither with accessory branch. Mandible with palp, with subtruncate molar process not distinctly separated from incisor process. Second maxilla with endite well developed, scaphognathite with proximal lobe tapering, bearing series of long setae, and extending far into branchial chamber. First maxilliped with exopod terminating in lash, not in broad, partially detached lobe. Caridean lobe not acutely produced, not overreaching distally produced endite. Second maxilliped with exopod, endopod 4-segmented, not terminating in two segments attached side-by-side to preceding segment, terminal segment attached to slender, sickle-shaped extension of preceding segment. Third maxilliped 5-segmented, slender, pereiopod-like. Pereiopods usually with strap-like epipods (mastigobranchs) on at least three anterior pairs, epipods without naked appendix extending vertically into branchial chamber; two anterior pairs of pereiopods similar, with fingers of chela usually terminating in tuft of setae; second pereiopod with carpus undivided. (After Chace 1997).

General References

Bruce, A.J. 1992. Pycnisia raptor, a new genus and species of predatory troglobic shrimp (Crustacea: Decapoda: Atyidae) from Northern Australia. Invertebrate Taxonomy 6: 553-566

Chace, F.A., Jr 1983. The Atya-like Shrimps of the Indo-Pacific Region (Decapoda: Atyidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 384: 1-54

Chace, F.A., Jr 1997. The Caridean Shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) of the Albatross Philippine Expedition, 1907–1910, Part 7: Families Atyidae, Eugonatonotidae, Rhynchocinetidae, Bathypalaemonellidae, Processidae, and Hippolytidae. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 587: i-v, 1-106

Choy, S. & Marshall, J. 1997. Two new species of freshwater atyid shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda: Atyidae) from northern Queensland and the distributional ecology of the Caridina typus species-group in Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42(1): 25-36

Holthuis, L.B. 1960. Two new species of atyid shrimps from subterranean water of north-western Australia (Decapoda: Natantia). Crustaceana 1(1): 47-57

Holthuis, L.B. 1986. A new genus and species of subterranean shrimp from Western Australia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Atyidae). Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 60(7): 103-111

Holthuis, L.B. 1993. The Recent Genera of the Caridean and Stenopodidean Shrimps (Crustacea, Decapoda). Alblasserdam : Ridderprint Offsetdrukkerij B.V. 328 pp.

Riek, E.F. 1953. The Australian freshwater prawns of the family Atyidae. Records of the Australian Museum 23: 111-121

Short, J.W. 1993. Caridina zebra, a new species of freshwater atyid shrimp (Crustacea: Decapoda) from northeastern Queensland rainforest. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 34(1): 61-67

Williams, W.D. 1964. Subterranean freshwater prawns (Crustacea: Decapoda: Atyidae) in Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 15(1): 93-106

History of changes

• Australatya Chace, F.A., Jr 1983. The Atya-like Shrimps of the Indo-Pacific Region (Decapoda: Atyidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 384: 1-54 [43] [gender feminine].

  Type species:

   Atya striolata McCulloch & McNeill, 1923 by monotypy.

Introduction

Genus reviewed and revised - Choy, S., Page, T.J. & Mos, B. 2019. Taxonomic revision of the Australian species of Australatya Chace 1983 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Atyidae), and the description of a new species. Zootaxa 4711(2): 366-378 [Date published 16/12/2019]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Confined to coastal flowing rivers and streams of eastern Australia.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

General References

Choy, S., Page, T.J. & Mos, B. 2019. Taxonomic revision of the Australian species of Australatya Chace 1983 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Atyidae), and the description of a new species. Zootaxa 4711(2): 366-378 [Date published 16/12/2019]

History of changes

• Australatya hawkei Choy, S., Page, T.J. & Mos, B. 2019. Taxonomic revision of the Australian species of Australatya Chace 1983 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Atyidae), and the description of a new species. Zootaxa 4711(2): 366-378 [Date published 16/12/2019].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM QM W19563 ♀ 14.0mm (1000 m altitude), Adeline Ck, tributary of Daintree River, NE Queensland, Australia, [16°13.1’S, 145°5.1’E].
  Paratype(s) QM QM W19563 ♂ (Allotype.), Same data as holotype; QM QM W195637 ♀ (Ovigerous females), Same data as Holotype; QM QM W19263 ♀ (Southern’ morphotype - 4 large specimens.), Mt Windsor Tableland, tributary of Daintree River, NE Queensland, Australia [16°13.9’S, 145°3.8’E]; QM QM W22018 (2 medium sized specimens), Annan River near Shipston Flat, FN Queensland, Australia [15°45.6’S, 145°13.3’E]; QM QM W15002, Bells Ck, east of Sarina, Queensland, Australia [21°26’S, 149°13’E].

  Type locality references:

  Choy, S., Page, T.J. & Mos, B. 2019. Taxonomic revision of the Australian species of Australatya Chace 1983 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Atyidae), and the description of a new species. Zootaxa 4711(2): 366-378 [Date published 16/12/2019].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

'Southern' morphotype: from the Daintree (16°13") to Bells Ck, east of Sarina (21°26") QLD. 'Northern' morphotype: from Claudie River, Iron Range (12°45") to Rocky River, McIlwraith Range (13°48") QLD.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Wet Tropics (WT)

Distribution References

History of changes

• Atya striolata McCulloch, A.R. & McNeill, F.A. 1923. Notes on Australian Decapoda. Records of the Australian Museum 14(1): 49-59 2, text-figs 3 pls [55 pl. 9 figs 3-4].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) AM P4029, Nepean River, Norton's basin, NSW; AM P4030, Nepean River; AM P4031, Nepean River; AM P4493, Nepean River; AM P4494 3 specimens, Nepean River; AM P31611 ♀, Nepean River.
• Atyoida striolata Smith & Williams, 1982 [in part].

  Secondary source:

   Choy, S., Page, T.J. & Mos, B. 2019. Taxonomic revision of the Australian species of Australatya Chace 1983 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Atyidae), and the description of a new species. Zootaxa 4711(2): 366-378 [Date published 16/12/2019].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Found between 12º45'S 143º12'E and 37º29'S 149º35'E, depending on suitable montane habitat.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, freshwater, rock bottom.

Extra Ecological Information

Migratory.

General References

Chace, F.A., Jr 1983. The Atya-like Shrimps of the Indo-Pacific Region (Decapoda: Atyidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 384: 1-54 [43]

Smith, R.E.W. 1994. Distribution and geographical variation of Australatya striolata (McCulloch and McNeill 1923) (Decapoda: Atyidae). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 45: 161-168

History of changes

• Caridina Milne Edwards, H. 1837. Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, comprenant l'anatomie, la physiologie et la classification de ces animaux. Paris : Libraire Encyclopedique de Roret Vol. 2 532 pp., Atlas 32 pp., 42 pls. [362] [gender feminine].

  Type species:

   Caridina typus H. Milne Edwards, 1837 by monotypy.
• Caridinides Calman, W.T. 1926. On freshwater prawns of the family Atyidae from Queensland. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 17(9): 241-246 [242] [gender masculine].

  Type species:

   Caridinides wilkinsi Calman, 1926 by monotypy.
• Neocaridina Kubo, I. 1938. On the Japanese Atyidae Shrimps. Journal of the Imperial Fisheries Bureau, Tokyo 33: 67-100 figs 1-24 [73] [gender feminine].

  Type species:

   Hippolyte dentriculatus De Haan, 1844 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Holthuis, L.B. 1955. The recent genera of the caridean and stenopodidean shrimps (Class Crustacea, Order Decapoda, Supersection Natantia) with keys for their determination. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 26: 1-157 [27]
• De Grave, S. & Page, T.J. 2014. The status of the Australian genus Caridinides Calman, 1926 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Atyidae) with reference to recent phylogenetic studies. Zootaxa 3753(4): 398-400 [398-400] (for Caridinides Calman, 1926)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Western equatorial Africa, Egypt, east Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands, Syria, Iran, Iraq, India, Sri Lanka, SE Asia north to China, Japan, Ryukyu Ils, Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Bismarck Arch., New Caledonia, Fiji Ils, Hawaii, and French Polynesia.

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT) ; NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW)

History of changes

• Caridina biyiga Short, J.W., Page, T.J. & Humphrey, C.L. 2019. Caridina biyiga sp. nov., a new freshwater shrimp (Crustacea: Decapoda: Atyidae) from Leichhardt Springs, Kakadu National Park, Australia, based on morphological and molecular data, with a preliminary illustrated key to Northern Territory Caridina. Zootaxa 4695(1): 1-25 [6, Figs 2–5, 7–9; Tables 1–3].

  Type data:

   Holotype MAGNT Cr019223 ♀, Leichhardt Springs, north arm, Kakadu NP, NT [12°46.6’ S, 132°51.5’ E].
  Paratype(s) MAGNT Cr019224 5 ovig. ♀, Leichhardt Springs, north arm, Kakadu NP, NT [12°46.6’ S, 132°51.5’ E]; MAGNT Cr019225 2♂, Leichhardt Springs, north arm, Kakadu NP, NT [12°46.6’ S, 132°51.5’ E]; MAGNT Cr019226 2 ovig. ♀, Leichhardt Springs, north arm, Kakadu NP, NT [12°46.6’ S, 132°51.5’ E]; MAGNT Cr019227 1 non-ovig. ♀, Leichhardt Springs, north arm, Kakadu NP, NT [12°46.6’ S, 132°51.5’ E].

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Kakadu Park, NT

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NT: Darwin Coastal (DAC)

History of changes

• Caridina serratirostris celebensis de Man, J.G. 1892. Decapoden des Indischen Archipels. 265-527 pls 15-29 in Weber, M. (ed.). Zoologische Ergebnisse einer Reise nach Niederländisch Ost-Indien. Leiden : E.J. Brill Vol. 2. [385 pl. 23 figs 28f-h].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) RMNH D2564 4 specimens, river near Palopo, Luwu, Celebes [Sulawesi], Indonesia;
  Status unknown, RMNH D1060 6 specimens, river near Palopo, Luwu, Celebes [Sulawesi], Indonesia.
• Caridina serratirostris koterai Kamita, 1951.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• De Grave, S. & Fransen, C.H.J.M. 2011. Carideorum Catalogus: The recent species of the Dendrobrachiate, Stenopodidean, Procarididean and Caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 85(9): 195-589, figs 1-59 [272]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII)

General References

Davie, P.J.F. & Short, J.W. 1998. The Decapod Crustaceans of Musselbrook Reserve and the Lawn Hill Gorge area. pp. 93–96 In, Musselbrook Reserve Scientific Study Report. Royal Geographic Society of Queensland Inc., Geography Monograph Series No. 4. (Australian record)

Holthuis, L.B. 1978. A collection of decapod crustacea from Sumba, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 162: 1-55 [39] (considered Caridina serratirostris celebensis de Man, 1892 to be a valid species)

History of changes

• Caridina confusa Choy, S. & Marshall, J. 1997. Two new species of freshwater atyid shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda: Atyidae) from northern Queensland and the distributional ecology of the Caridina typus species-group in Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42(1): 25-36 [27 figs 1a, 2i-j, 3b-c, 4a-e].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM W21906 ♀, Thiaki Creek at Seamark Road crossing, upper North Johnstone catchment, north Queensland [17°23.5'S 145°32.5'E].
  Paratype(s) QM 21907 ♂, Thiaki Creek at Seamark Road crossing, upper North Johnstone catchment, north Queensland; QM W21908 21♂ 50♀, upper North Johnstone River near Bromfield Swamp, north Queensland; QM W18841 ♂, Thiaki Creek, upper North Johnstone catchment, north Queensland; QM W18720 ♂ 2♀, small creek about 6 km SW of Malanda, north Queensland; QM W18725 13♂ 16♀, Thiaki Creek, upper North Johnstone catchment, north Queensland; QM W21909 about 100 specimens, Thiaki Creek at Seamark Road crossing, upper North Johnstone catchment, north Queensland; QM W21910 about 50 specimens, Thiaki Creek, upper North Johnstone catchment, north Queensland; QM W21917 6♂ 7♀, Ithaca Creek, upper North Johnstone catchment, north Queensland; QM W21911 about 200 specimens, Gwynne Creek at Gillies Road crossing, Upper Baron catchment, north Queensland; QM W21912 14 specimens, upper Gwynne Creek, Upper Baron catchment, north Queensland.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Upper North Johnstone and upper Baron River catchments.

Known only from type locality.

IBRA

Qld: Einasleigh Uplands (EIU)

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater.

Extra Ecological Information

Streams flowing through open grassland and remnant rainforest.

History of changes

• Caridina gracilirostris de Man, J.G. 1892. Decapoden des Indischen Archipels. 265-527 pls 15-29 in Weber, M. (ed.). Zoologische Ergebnisse einer Reise nach Niederländisch Ost-Indien. Leiden : E.J. Brill Vol. 2. [399 pl. 25 fig. 31-31d].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) RMNH D1076 3 specimens, near Balangnipa, Celebes [Sulawesi], Indonesia; RMNH D2557 2 specimens, near Balangnipa, Celebes [Sulawesi], Indonesia.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

East Indo-west Pacific region.

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary, freshwater.

Extra Ecological Information

Fresh or slightly brackish water, bottom leaf litter.

General References

Short, J.W. 2000. Freshwater and terrestrial Crustacea. pp. 58–67 in, Wildlife of Tropical North Queensland. Queensland Museum : South Brisbane. 368 pp. [61, colour pl.]

History of changes

Taxonomic Decision for Subspecies Arrangement

• Riek, E.F. 1953. The Australian freshwater prawns of the family Atyidae. Records of the Australian Museum 23: 111-121

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater.

History of changes

• Caridina indistincta Calman, W.T. 1926. On freshwater prawns of the family Atyidae from Queensland. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 17(9): 241-246 [244 fig. 3].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, BMNH (?), St George District, QLD.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater.

General References

Short, J.W. 2000. Freshwater and terrestrial Crustacea. pp. 58–67 in, Wildlife of Tropical North Queensland. Queensland Museum : South Brisbane. 368 pp. [60, colour pl.]

History of changes

• Caridina malanda Choy, Page, Mazancourt & Mos, 2019.

  Type data:

   Holotype QM W29455 ♀, adult, Site 24, Malanda Creek, Johnstone River catchment, QLD [17°20’13”S, 145°38’37”E].
  Paratype(s) AM P.103594 ♂, adult, same data as Holotype; MNHNP MNHN-IU-2014-20772, same data as Holotype; MNHNP MNHN-IU-2014-20773, same data as Holotype.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Choy, S., Page, T.J., Mazancourt, V. de., & Mos, B. 2019. Caridina malanda, a new species of freshwater shrimp (Crustacea: Decapoda: Atyidae) from the Wet Tropics World Heritage area, north–eastern Queensland, Australia. Zootaxa 4652(1): 113-125 [116]

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Caridina sp. —
  de Mazancourt, V., Klotz, W., Marquet, G., Mos, B., Rogers, D.C. & Keith, P. 2019. The complex study of complexes: the first well-supported phylogeny of two species complexes within genus Caridina (Decapoda: Caridea: Atyidae) sheds light on evolution, biogeography, and habitat. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 131: 164-180

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

NW of Atherton to SE of Malanda, QLD.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater, riparian vegetation.

History of changes

• Caridina mccullochi Roux, J. 1926. An account of Australian Atyidae. Records of the Australian Museum 15: 237-254 [249, tab. C].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM P7920 4 specimens, Pallal, Horton River, near Bingara, NSW.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater.

History of changes

• Pelias niloticus Roux, J.L.F.P. 1833. Lettre relative à divers Coquilles, Crustacés, Insectes, Reptiles et Oiseaux, Observés en Égypte. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris 28(1): 72-77 [73].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Cairo, Egypt.
• Caridina nilotica typica Bouvier, E.-L 1925. Recherches sur la morphologie, les variations et la distribution systématique des crevettes d'eau douce de la famille des Atyidés. Encyclopédie Entomologique 4: 1-365 [146; fig. 308].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Chace, F.A., Jr 1997. The Caridean Shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) of the Albatross Philippine Expedition, 1907–1910, Part 7: Families Atyidae, Eugonatonotidae, Rhynchocinetidae, Bathypalaemonellidae, Processidae, and Hippolytidae. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 587: i-v, 1-106 [17]
• De Grave, S. & Fransen, C.H.J.M. 2011. Carideorum Catalogus: The recent species of the Dendrobrachiate, Stenopodidean, Procarididean and Caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 85(9): 195-589, figs 1-59 [277]

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Northern Australian, Indo-Pacific region.

Ecological Descriptors

Brackish water, freshwater.

General References

Davie, P. 2002. Crustacea: Malacostraca: Phyllocarida, Hoplocarida, Eucarida (Part 1). In Wells, A. & Houston, W.W.K. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 19.3A. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia xii 551 pp. [226] (the status of the numerous species and subspecies of this complex is still under debate; a much more extensive, though contentious, synonymy was given by Holthuis (1980: 74))

Holthuis, L.B. 1980. FAO species catalogue. Vol. 1. Shrimps and prawns of the world. An annotated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries. Exploration du Parc National de l'Upemba. Mission G. F. de Witte 1(125): 1-261

History of changes

• Caridina pagei Christodoulou, M. & De Grave, S. 2023. Redescription of Caridina sobrina Riek, 1953 stat. nov. and description of a new species of Caridina from south-eastern Queensland (Decapoda, Atyidae). Zootaxa 5353(6): 582–594.

  Type data:

   Holotype AM P107225 Female, Honeyeater Lake, Moreton Island, QLD [27.096°S, 153.434°E].
  Paratype(s) AM P107226; P107227 6 ovigerous females; 4 ovigerous females, same data as Holotype.

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Caridina indistincta sp. C1. —
  Page, T.J. & Hughes, J.M. 2007. Phylogeographic structure in an Australian freshwater shrimp largely pre-dates the geological origins of its landscape. Heredity 98: 222–231 [225]

Introduction

Specimens identified only as Caridina indistincta sp. C1 by Page & Hughes (2007) are recognised as Caridina pagei by Christodoulou & De Grave (2023).

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

The species is only known with certainty from Moreton Island and the western side of North Stradbroke Island.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

General References

Page, T.J. & Hughes, J.M. 2007. Phylogeographic structure in an Australian freshwater shrimp largely pre-dates the geological origins of its landscape. Heredity 98: 222–231 (as Caridina indistincta sp. C1)

History of changes

• Caridina serratirostris de Man, J.G. 1892. Decapoden des Indischen Archipels. 265-527 pls 15-29 in Weber, M. (ed.). Zoologische Ergebnisse einer Reise nach Niederländisch Ost-Indien. Leiden : E.J. Brill Vol. 2. [382 pl. 23 figs 28-28e].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) RMNH D1771 7 specimens, Bangkalan River, Salayar, Indonesia; RMNH D2563 4 specimens, Bangkalan River, Salayar, Indonesia.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific region (Madagascar to Fiji).

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater.

General References

Short, J.W. 2000. Freshwater and terrestrial Crustacea. pp. 58–67 in, Wildlife of Tropical North Queensland. Queensland Museum : South Brisbane. 368 pp. [61, colour pl.]

History of changes

• Caridina indistincta sobrina Riek, E.F. 1953. The Australian freshwater prawns of the family Atyidae. Records of the Australian Museum 23: 111-121.

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM P13329 37 specimens (All specimens in same jar; holotype was designated by Riek (1953) but the specimen cannot be visibly separated from other specimens), Rocky Creek, Fraser Island, QLD [Lat/Long not provided].

Generic Combinations

• Caridina sobrina (Riek, 1953). —
  Christodoulou, M. & De Grave, S. 2023. Redescription of Caridina sobrina Riek, 1953 stat. nov. and description of a new species of Caridina from south-eastern Queensland (Decapoda, Atyidae). Zootaxa 5353(6): 582–594 [583] (treated at species level)

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Caridina indistincta sp. C3. —
  Page, T.J. & Hughes, J.M. 2007. Phylogeographic structure in an Australian freshwater shrimp largely pre-dates the geological origins of its landscape. Heredity 98: 222–231 [225]

Introduction

Described as a subspecies of Caridina indistincta, Christodoulou & De Grave (2023) re-described C. indistincta sobrina Riek, 1953 and elevated it to species level.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

The species is known only from two creeks on Fraser Island.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

General References

Christodoulou, M. & De Grave, S. 2023. Redescription of Caridina sobrina Riek, 1953 stat. nov. and description of a new species of Caridina from south-eastern Queensland (Decapoda, Atyidae). Zootaxa 5353(6): 582–594

Page, T.J. & Hughes, J.M. 2007. Phylogeographic structure in an Australian freshwater shrimp largely pre-dates the geological origins of its landscape. Heredity 98: 222–231 (as Caridina indistincta sp. C3)

History of changes

• Caridina spelunca Choy, S.C. 1996. Caridina spelunca, a new species of freshwater shrimp (Crustacea: Decapoda: Atyidae) from a Western Australian cave. Records of the Western Australian Museum 18: 103-107 [103 fig. 1].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM 422-95 ♂, Old Napier Downs Cave, WA [17°14'S 124°39'E].
  Paratype(s) WAM 423-95 ♀ (as allotype); WAM 424-95 ♀; WAM 425-95 2♂ 1♀; WAM 426-95 ♀; AM P38512 8 specimens; AM P40859 ♀; AM P40856 ♂.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IBRA

WA: Central Kimberley (CK), Dampierland (DL), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater.

Extra Ecological Information

In pools in outflow tunnel of cave, in twilight zone, presumed to be a facultative troglobite.

History of changes

• Caridina spinula Choy, S. & Marshall, J. 1997. Two new species of freshwater atyid shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda: Atyidae) from northern Queensland and the distributional ecology of the Caridina typus species-group in Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42(1): 25-36 [31 figs 1c, 2g-h, 4f-q].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM W21913 ♀, east flowing tributary of Leo Creek, near crossing of Leo Creek Mine Road, Nesbit River catchment, McIlwraith Range, Cape York [13°44.6'S 143°21.5'E].
  Paratype(s) QM W21914 ♂, east flowing tributary of Leo Creek, near crossing of Leo Creek Mine Road, Nesbit River catchment, McIlwraith Range, Cape York; QM W21915 5♂ 7♀, east flowing tributary of Leo Creek, near crossing of Leo Creek Mine Road, Nesbit River catchment, McIlwraith Range, Cape York; QM W21422 7♂ 34♀, west flowing headwaters of Peach Creek, Archer River catchment, McIlwraith Range, Cape York.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

McIlwraith Range, Cape York.

Known only from type locality.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater.

Extra Ecological Information

In pools in rocky creek, with some sand and gravel on bottom, in tropical mesophyll rainforest with a closed canopy.

History of changes

• Caridina thermophila Riek, E.F. 1953. The Australian freshwater prawns of the family Atyidae. Records of the Australian Museum 23: 111-121 [120 fig. 10].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM P13332 ♀, Muttaburra, QLD.
  Paratype(s) AM P39625 284 specimens.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater.

History of changes

• Caridina typus Milne Edwards, H. 1837. Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, comprenant l'anatomie, la physiologie et la classification de ces animaux. Paris : Libraire Encyclopedique de Roret Vol. 2 532 pp., Atlas 32 pp., 42 pls. [363 pl. 25 figs 4, 5].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) AM P7876 5 specimens, La Madeleine, Plaine des Lacs, New Caledonia; RMNH D2554 2 specimens, Indonesia, Salayar; RMNH D2555 2 specimens, Indonesia, Celebes [Sulawesi].
• Caridina exilirostris Stimpson, W. 1860. Crustacea Macrura. Pars VIII of Prodromus descriptionis animalium evertebratorum, quae in Expeditione ad Oceanum Pacificum Septentrionalem, a Republica Federata missa, Cadwaladaro Ringgold et Johanne Rodgers Ducibus, observavit et descripsit. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 12: 22-47 [29].
• Caridina siamensis Giebel, C.G. 1863. Caridina siamensis n. sp. Zeitschrift für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften 21: 329-330.
• Caridina typus typica Bouvier, E.-L 1925. Recherches sur la morphologie, les variations et la distribution systématique des crevettes d'eau douce de la famille des Atyidés. Encyclopédie Entomologique 4: 1-365 [250] [Caridina typus forme typica Bouvier, 1925: 250. [l’île Maurice]].
• Caridina typus caledonica Bouvier, E.-L 1925. Recherches sur la morphologie, les variations et la distribution systématique des crevettes d'eau douce de la famille des Atyidés. Encyclopédie Entomologique 4: 1-365 [253].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• De Grave, S. & Fransen, C.H.J.M. 2011. Carideorum Catalogus: The recent species of the Dendrobrachiate, Stenopodidean, Procarididean and Caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 85(9): 195-589, figs 1-59 [280-281]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific (southern Africa to Japan and French Polynesia), in Australia from mainland north-eastern QLD, and nearby islands, between 15º–21ºS latitude.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater.

General References

Choy, S. & Marshall, J. 1997. Two new species of freshwater atyid shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda: Atyidae) from northern Queensland and the distributional ecology of the Caridina typus species-group in Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42(1): 25-36 [26]

Riek, E.F. 1953. The Australian freshwater prawns of the family Atyidae. Records of the Australian Museum 23: 111-121 [117]

Short, J.W. 2000. Freshwater and terrestrial Crustacea. pp. 58–67 in, Wildlife of Tropical North Queensland. Queensland Museum : South Brisbane. 368 pp. [61, colour pl.]

History of changes

• Caridinides wilkinsi Calman, W.T. 1926. On freshwater prawns of the family Atyidae from Queensland. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 17(9): 241-246 [242 figs 1, 2].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1981.425 ♂, Olive River, Temple Bay, E coast of Cape York Peninsula.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1981.426 ♀.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Smith, M.J. & Williams, W.D. 1982. Taxonomic revision of the Australian genus Caridinides Calman (Crustacea: Decapoda: Atyidae). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 33(3): 575-587.

Generic Combinations

• Caridina wilkinsi (Calman, 1926). —
  De Grave, S. & Page, T.J. 2014. The status of the Australian genus Caridinides Calman, 1926 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Atyidae) with reference to recent phylogenetic studies. Zootaxa 3753(4): 398-400 [398-400]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary, freshwater.

Extra Ecological Information

Slightly brackish water close to the sea.

History of changes

• Caridina zebra Short, J.W. 1993. Caridina zebra, a new species of freshwater atyid shrimp (Crustacea: Decapoda) from northeastern Queensland rainforest. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 34(1): 61-67 [62 figs 1-4].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM W18718 ♂ (altitude ca. 750 m), O'Leary Creek, NE QLD [17°50.7'S 145°37.7'E].
  Paratype(s) QM W18719 ♀ (as allotype); QM W18120 2♂ 23♀; QM W18131 3♂ 2♀; QM W18719 1♀; QM W18124 1♂ 2♀; QM W18127 5♂ 4♀; QM W19158 24♂ 38♀.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater.

Extra Ecological Information

Rainforest creeks.

General References

Choy, S. & Marshall, J. 1997. Two new species of freshwater atyid shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda: Atyidae) from northern Queensland and the distributional ecology of the Caridina typus species-group in Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42(1): 25-36 [26] (additional figures)

Hughes, J.M., Bunn, S.E., Hurwood, D.A., Choy, S. & Pearson, R.G. 1996. Genetic differentiation among populations of Caridina zebra (Decapoda: Atyidae) in tropical rainforest streams, northern Australia. Freshwater Biology 36: 289-296

Short, J.W. 2000. Freshwater and terrestrial Crustacea. pp. 58–67 in, Wildlife of Tropical North Queensland. Queensland Museum : South Brisbane. 368 pp. [62, colour pl.]

History of changes

• Paratya Miers, E.J. 1882. Note on a freshwater macrurous crustacean from Japan (Atyaephyra ? compressa, de Haan?). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9(5): 193-195 [194] [gender feminine].

  Type species:

   Ephyra compressa De Haan, 1844 by monotypy.
• Xiphocaridina Bouvier, E.L. 1909. Sur l'origine et l'evolution des crevettes d'eau douce de la famille des Atyidés. Comptes Rendus (Hebdomadaires) des Séances de l'Academie des Sciences. Série D. Sciences Naturelles 148: 1727-1731 [1729] [junior objective synonym of Paratya Miers, 1882; gender feminine].

  Type species:

   Ephyra compressa De Haan, 1844 by subsequent designation, see Holthuis, L.B. 1955. The recent genera of the caridean and stenopodidean shrimps (Class Crustacea, Order Decapoda, Supersection Natantia) with keys for their determination. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 26: 1-157.
• Xiphatyoida Roux, J. 1915. La famille des Atyidae. Acta Société Helvétique Sciences Naturelle 1915(2): 225-228 [225] [gender feminine].

  Type species:

   Paratya (Xyphatyoida) typa J.Roux, 1926 by subsequent designation, see Roux, J. 1926. Crustacés décapodes d'eau douce de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nova Caledonia 4(2): 181-240.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Holthuis, L.B. 1955. The recent genera of the caridean and stenopodidean shrimps (Class Crustacea, Order Decapoda, Supersection Natantia) with keys for their determination. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 26: 1-157 [21]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Occur in an arc extending from eastern Siberia, Korea, and Japan to Vietnam and the Lesser Sunda Islands to Australia, Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands, New Zealand, and Chatham Island.

IBRA

NSW: Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; Vic: South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM)

IMCRA

Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Norfolk Island Province (21)

General References

Suter, P.J., Mynott, J.H. & Crump, M. 2022. New species of Paratya (Decapoda: Atyidae) from Australian inland waters – linking morphological characters with molecular lineages. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 81: 55–122

Williams, W.D. & Smith, M.J. 1979. A taxonomic revision of Australian species of Paratya (Crustacea: Atyidae). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 30: 815-832 (distribution)

History of changes

• Paratya australiensis arrostra Riek, E.F. 1953. The Australian freshwater prawns of the family Atyidae. Records of the Australian Museum 23: 111-121 [114 fig. 2].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM P13270 ♀, Terrors Creek, Dayboro, QLD.
  Paratype(s) AM P39672 52 specimens (re-registered from P13270).

Generic Combinations

• Paratya arrostra (Riek, 1953). —
  Suter, P.J., Mynott, J.H. & Crump, M. 2022. New species of Paratya (Decapoda: Atyidae) from Australian inland waters – linking morphological characters with molecular lineages. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 81: 55–122

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

History of changes

• Paratya australiensis Kemp, S. 1917. Notes on Crustacea Decapoda in the Indian Museum. X. Hymenosomatidae. Records of the Indian Museum 13(Pt 5 No. 15): 243-379 [303 fig. 5].

  Type data:

   Neotype AM P28693 ♂ (Kemp's types from Clyde, near Sydney, ZSI 7590–2/10, apparently no longer exist), Seven Hills, Sydney, NSW.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Williams, W.D. & Smith, M.J. 1979. A taxonomic revision of Australian species of Paratya (Crustacea: Atyidae). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 30: 815-832.
• Paratya atacta Riek, E.F. 1953. The Australian freshwater prawns of the family Atyidae. Records of the Australian Museum 23: 111-121 [114 fig. 3].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM P13279 ♀, Binna Burra, Lamington NP (published type locality: Upper Nerang River, S Queensland).
  Paratype(s) AM P39648 34 specimens.
• Paratya atacta adynata Riek, E.F. 1953. The Australian freshwater prawns of the family Atyidae. Records of the Australian Museum 23: 111-121 [115 fig. 4].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM P13283 ♀, small creek in upper reaches of Middle Harbour, Port Jackson, NSW.
  Paratype(s) AM P39660 4 specimens.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Williams, W.D. & Smith, M.J. 1979. A taxonomic revision of Australian species of Paratya (Crustacea: Atyidae). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 30: 815-832 [815]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Eastern Australia from Atherton Tableland to Tasmania.

Australian Endemic.

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater, littoral.

General References

Hughes, J.M., Bunn, S.E., Kingston, D.M. & Hurwood, D.A. 1995. Genetic differentiation and dispersal among populations of Paratya australiensis (Atyidae) in rainforest streams in southeast Queensland. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 14(1): 158-173

Short, J.W. 2000. Freshwater and terrestrial Crustacea. pp. 58–67 in, Wildlife of Tropical North Queensland. Queensland Museum : South Brisbane. 368 pp. [59, colour pl.]

Walsh, C.J. & Mitchell, B.D. 1995. The freshwater shrimp Paratya australiensis (Kemp, 1917) (Decapoda: Atyidae) in estuaries of south-western Victoria. Marine and Freshwater Research 46: 959-965

History of changes

• Paratya gariwerdensis Suter, P.J., Mynott, J.H. & Crump, M. 2022. New species of Paratya (Decapoda: Atyidae) from Australian inland waters – linking morphological characters with molecular lineages. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 81: 55–122.
  Zoobank Registration Number:http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:D691687B-83DC- 4E45-81AB-26BE4F224714

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV J75170, Stokes R, VIC [−37.8745 S, 141.3014 E].
  Paratype(s) NMV J75171–J75172 2 specs, same locality as holotype; NMV J75173–J75174 2 specs, Wannon R, VIC [−37.6652 S, 141.6632 E].

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

History of changes

• Paratya howensis Roux, J. 1926. An account of Australian Atyidae. Records of the Australian Museum 15: 237-254 [244].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM P7924 12 specimens, Big Creek, Lord Howe Island.

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14)

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater.

History of changes

• Paratya australiensis norfolkensis Kemp, S. 1917. Notes on Crustacea Decapoda in the Indian Museum. X. Hymenosomatidae. Records of the Indian Museum 13(Pt 5 No. 15): 243-379 [305, text-fig. 6].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZSI 8500/10, W side of Norfolk Island.

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Norfolk Island Province (21)

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater.

General References

Roux, J. 1926. An account of Australian Atyidae. Records of the Australian Museum 15: 237-254 [243] (as Paratya norfolkensis)

History of changes

• Paratya rouxi Suter, P.J., Mynott, J.H. & Crump, M. 2022. New species of Paratya (Decapoda: Atyidae) from Australian inland waters – linking morphological characters with molecular lineages. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 81: 55–122.
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  Type data:

   Holotype AM P.105605, Wakool Reserve, NSW [−35.496 S, 144.454 E].
  Paratype(s) AM, Wakool Reserve, NSW [−35.4963 S, 144.4541 E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

History of changes

• Paratya spinosa Suter, P.J., Mynott, J.H. & Crump, M. 2022. New species of Paratya (Decapoda: Atyidae) from Australian inland waters – linking morphological characters with molecular lineages. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 81: 55–122.
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  Type data:

   Holotype AM P.105602.001, Korrumbyn Ck, NSW [−28.4 S, 153.3 E].
  Paratype(s) AM 2 specs, same locality as holotype.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

History of changes

• Paratya strathbogiensis Suter, P.J., Mynott, J.H. & Crump, M. 2022. New species of Paratya (Decapoda: Atyidae) from Australian inland waters – linking morphological characters with molecular lineages. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 81: 55–122.
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  Type data:

   Holotype NMV J75163, King Parrot Ck, VIC [−37.2953 S, 145.2905 E].
  Paratype(s) NMV J75164–J75167 1♂, 3♀, same locality as holotype; NMV J75168–J75169 2♂, King Parrot Ck, VIC [−37.0075 S, 145.3212 E].

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Vic: South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM)

History of changes

• Paratya tasmaniensis Riek, E.F. 1953. The Australian freshwater prawns of the family Atyidae. Records of the Australian Museum 23: 111-121 [115 fig. 5].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM P13273 ♀, small stream at Yates Seed Farm, Kingston, TAS.
  Paratype(s) AM P39647 22 specimens.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

General References

Suter, P.J., Mynott, J.H. & Crump, M. 2022. New species of Paratya (Decapoda: Atyidae) from Australian inland waters – linking morphological characters with molecular lineages. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 81: 55–122

History of changes

• Paratya walkeri Suter, P.J., Mynott, J.H. & Crump, M. 2022. New species of Paratya (Decapoda: Atyidae) from Australian inland waters – linking morphological characters with molecular lineages. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 81: 55–122.
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  Type data:

   Holotype AM P.105600.001, Dingo Ck, NSW [−30.3103 S, 152.9822 E].
  Paratype(s) AM 5 specs, same locality as holotype.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

History of changes

• Paratya whitemae Suter, P.J., Mynott, J.H. & Crump, M. 2022. New species of Paratya (Decapoda: Atyidae) from Australian inland waters – linking morphological characters with molecular lineages. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 81: 55–122.
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  Type data:

   Holotype AM P.105604, Forest Falls Retreat Johns R [−31.709 S, 152.6612 E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

History of changes

• Paratya williamsi Suter, P.J., Mynott, J.H. & Crump, M. 2022. New species of Paratya (Decapoda: Atyidae) from Australian inland waters – linking morphological characters with molecular lineages. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 81: 55–122.
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  Type data:

   Holotype AM P.105603.001, Kangaroo R Hampden Bridge, NSW [−34.7272 S, 150.5218 E].
  Paratype(s) AM P.105.603, same locality as holotype; AM P.105603, Kangaroo Valley R on Gerringong Ck Rd, NSW [−34.6868 S, 150.6013E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW: Sydney Basin (SB)

History of changes

• Parisia Holthuis, L.B. 1956. An enumeration of the Crustacea Decapods Natantia inhabiting subterranean waters. Vie et Milieu 7: 43-76 [54] [gender feminine].

  Type species:

   Caridina microphthalma Fage, 1946 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Indian Ocean region.

IBRA

NT: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Distribution References

History of changes

• Parisia gracilis Williams, W.D. 1964. Subterranean freshwater prawns (Crustacea: Decapoda: Atyidae) in Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 15(1): 93-106 [94 figs 1A-1Q, 2A-2H].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM P14059 ♀, 'Brennon's Brook' 425 m from entrance to caves, 25 km S of Katherine, NT.
  Paratype(s) AM P14060 ♂ (as allotype); AM P14061 ♀; AM P14062 ♀; AM P14063 ♀; AM P14064 ♂; AM P14065 ♀; AM P14066 ♀.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NT: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Ecological Descriptors

Cave dweller, freshwater, underground water.

Extra Ecological Information

From limestones caves at a depth of 9 m.

History of changes

• Parisia unguis Williams, W.D. 1964. Subterranean freshwater prawns (Crustacea: Decapoda: Atyidae) in Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 15(1): 93-106 [99 figs 2L-S, 3A-O].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM P14047 ♀, 'Brennon's Brook' 425 m from entrance to caves, 25 km S of Katherine, NT.
  Paratype(s) AM P14048 ♂.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NT: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Ecological Descriptors

Cave dweller, freshwater, underground water.

Extra Ecological Information

From limestone caves at a depth of 9 m.

History of changes

• Pycneus Holthuis, L.B. 1986. A new genus and species of subterranean shrimp from Western Australia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Atyidae). Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 60(7): 103-111 [103, 104] [gender masculine].

  Type species:

   Pycneus morsitans Holthuis, 1986 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

WA: Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Tanami (TAN)

Distribution References

History of changes

• Pycneus morsitans Holthuis, L.B. 1986. A new genus and species of subterranean shrimp from Western Australia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Atyidae). Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 60(7): 103-111 [105].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM 615-85 3♀, cave at Munjingerra, Gibson Desert, WA.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

WA: Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Tanami (TAN)

Ecological Descriptors

Cave dweller, temporary pools, underground water.

Extra Ecological Information

In a limestone cave about 12 to 15 m below surface, depth of pool 5 feet (~1.5 m), stagnant water.

History of changes

• Pycnisia Bruce, A.J. 1992. Pycnisia raptor, a new genus and species of predatory troglobic shrimp (Crustacea: Decapoda: Atyidae) from Northern Australia. Invertebrate Taxonomy 6: 553-566 [553] [gender feminine].

  Type species:

   Pycnisia raptor Bruce, 1992 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26)

Distribution References

History of changes

• Pycnisia bunyip Suzuki, H. & Davie, P.J.F. 2003. A new cavernicolous shrimp in Pycnisia Bruce, 1992 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Cardea: Atyidae) from Northwestern Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 49(1): 447-451.

  Type data:

   Holotype QM W26722 ♀ (Found in shallow subterranean pools), Forbes Inferno Cave, Riversleigh, Lawn Hill National Park, northwestern Queensland, Australia.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Northwestern Queensland, Australia.

Australian Endemic.

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Cave dweller, underground water.

History of changes

• Pycnisia raptor Bruce, A.J. 1992. Pycnisia raptor, a new genus and species of predatory troglobic shrimp (Crustacea: Decapoda: Atyidae) from Northern Australia. Invertebrate Taxonomy 6: 553-566 [554].

  Type data:

   Holotype NTM Cr.008485 ♀ (33.5 m), Cave 8MD26, Katherine Region, NT [13°55'S, 132°28'E].

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26)

Ecological Descriptors

Cave dweller, freshwater.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 33.5 m below land surface.

History of changes

• Stygiocaris Holthuis, L.B. 1960. Two new species of atyid shrimps from subterranean water of north-western Australia (Decapoda: Natantia). Crustaceana 1(1): 47-57 [48] [gender feminine].

  Type species:

   Stygiocaris lancifera Holthuis, 1960 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

East Indo-west Pacific Oceans.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL), Yalgoo (YAL)

Distribution References

History of changes

• Stygiocaris lancifera Holthuis, L.B. 1960. Two new species of atyid shrimps from subterranean water of north-western Australia (Decapoda: Natantia). Crustaceana 1(1): 47-57 [48 figs 1, 2].

  Type data:

   Holotype RMNH D13180 1 specimen, Kuddumurra Well, Yardie Creek Station, North-west Cape Peninsula, WA.
  Paratype(s) RMNH D13181 several specimens, N Cape Peninsula, Yardie Creek Station, WA; WAM 16-59 3 specimens; WAM 12-59 27 specimens; WAM 13-59 54 specimens; RMNH AM P13259 4 specimens (published number of specimens is 9); RMNH D13182 2 specimens, N-W Cape Peninsula, Yardie Creek Station, WA; RMNH D13183 25 specimens, Yardie Creek Station, WA; RMNH D15154 28 specimens, Yardie Creek Station, WA.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater.

Extra Ecological Information

From freshwater wells subject to tidal influence and bored into coral limestone, and in waterholes.

History of changes

• Stygiocaris stylifera Holthuis, L.B. 1960. Two new species of atyid shrimps from subterranean water of north-western Australia (Decapoda: Natantia). Crustaceana 1(1): 47-57 [54 fig. 3].

  Type data:

   Holotype RMNH D13178 1 specimen, Kuddumurra Well, Yardie Creek Station, North-west Cape Peninsula, WA.
  Paratype(s) RMNH 6 specimens; WAM 14-59 2 specimens; WAM 15-59; AM P13258 1 specimen; RMNH D13179 5 specimens, Yardie Creek Station, WA.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater.

Extra Ecological Information

Subject to tidal influence and bored in coral limestone, and in waterholes.

History of changes