Species Caridina spelunca Choy, 1996
- 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
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 22-Jul-2013 | 22-Jul-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 10-May-2012 | 10-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |