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

ABSTRACT:

Background

The freshwater shrimp, Australatyaobscura Han & Klotz, has been known only from Taiwan and Panay Island, Philippines.

New information

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.

SUBMITTER: Inui N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6408424 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature