First record of Australatya obscura Han & Klotz, 2015 (Decapoda, Atyidae) from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan

By

Inui, Naoto
Maruyama, Tomoaki
Okamoto, Ken

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2019-03-01

Original Publication

Biodiversity data journal

Volume

7

Pages

1--5

Subjects

Atyidae , Australatya obscura , Biogeography , freshwater shrimp , Ryukyu Islands

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft Publishers [2013]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.7.e30507
eLocator: e30507

 

Abstract

The freshwater shrimp, Australatyaobscura Han &amp;amp; Klotz, has been known only from Taiwan and Panay Island, Philippines.<br> An adult A.obscura was collected from a river on Ishigaki Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. This is the first record of the species in Japan and the northernmost specimen-supported record to date. The species is suggested as having been transported northwards by the Kuroshio Current.