云南米虾属一新种的记述(十足目:匙指虾科)

本文记述的米虾属一新种,标本采自于云南省蒙自县,兹描述如下: 蒙自米虾,新种Caridina mongziensis sp. nov.(图1—9) 额角短,通常伸至靠近第一触角柄第2节的末端或稍微超出,上缘具9—11齿,有5—7(通常为6)齿位于眼眶后缘的头胸甲上,额角末端的1/2—2/3无齿;下缘具1—4(通常     

中国洞穴盲虾一新种(十足目:匙指虾科)

本文记述采自广西桂林洞穴中的盲米虾属一新种,半盲米虾Ｔｙｐｈｌｏｃａｒｉｄｉｎａｓｅｍｉｔｙｐｈｌａｔａｓｐ．ｎｏｖ．,新种眼角膜色素未完全退化,额剑上下缘均具齿。     

中国洞穴盲虾一种种（十足目：匙指虾科）

本文记述采自广西桂林洞穴中的盲米虾属一新种,半盲米虾Ｔｙｐｈｌｏｃａｒｉｄｉｎａｓｅｍｉｔｙｐｈｌａｔａｓｐ．ｎｏｖ．,新种眼角膜色素未完全退化,额剑上下缘均具齿。     

湖南淡水虾类两新种(十足目:匙指虾科:米虾属)

报道湖南省淡水匙指虾科米虾属两新种。窄肢米虾Caridina angustipes sp.now.与保靖米虾C.baojingensis Guo,He et Bai,1992近似,但新种额角长,上缘具15-27齿,下缘具3-6齿;雄性第一附肢内肢的内缘平直。棒肢米虾C.clavipes sp.nov.略似窄肢米虾C.angustipes,但目前雄性第一附肢内肢末端尖细,内缘刺少;雄性第二附肢雄附肢短而细,内缘仅具1刺,末端仅具4刺。正模标本保存在上海水产大学,副模标本保存在佛山科学技术学院。     

贵州荔波洞穴匙指虾三新种

记述中国贵州茂兰自然保护区洞穴匙指虾3新种,即洞穴米虾Caridina caverna sp.nov.,锐刺米虾Caridina acuta sp.nov.和短指新米虾Neocaridina brevidactyla sp.nov..模式标本保存于上海水产大学.     

安徽米虾属一新种记述（十足目：匙指虾科）

本文记述采自安徽含山熔洞的一米虾新种——含山米虾Caridina hanshanensis sp. nov.本新种与近缘种秉氏米虾C. pingi Yu有不同,故订为新种。     

中国淡水钩虾一新种(甲壳纲:端足目:钩虾科)

记述了采自四川九寨沟自然保护区的淡水钩虾1新种,四川钩虾Gammarus sichuanensisi sp.nov.新种的形态特征和与近似种的区别在文中均有详细的论述,同时附有详细的特征图,模式标本保存于中国科学院动物研究所。     

中国异钩虾科一新属及新种记述(甲壳纲,端足目,异钩虾科)

报道了采自云南的端足目异钩虾科沼泽宽肢钩虾1新属1新种,Eurypodogammarus helobius gen.nov.et sp.nov..宽肢钩虾属区别于其它属在躯体粗壮,每个基节鳃只有1个附鳃.文中详细描述了新属新种的个体特征及其与近似属种的比较,同时附有特征图.研究标本保存于中国科学院动物研究所.     

广西匙指虾科新种描述

本文报道广西的匙指虾,共2属12种,其中有4个为新种,它们是盲米虾属的刘氏盲米虾,米虾属的洞穴米虾、广西米虾和鎚肢米虾。除最后一种外,其余部生活于岩洞的地下水中。     

沼虾属一新种记述（十足目：长臂虾科）

本文记述采自安徽无为县的沼虾属一新种,安徽沼虾Macrobrachium anhuiense,sp.nov.,新种与九江沼虾M.kiukianensis Yu相近似,但新种:额角上缘除第1—2齿之间距较大外,眼上方之齿排列较密,额角下缘齿之间距小于末齿至尖端的距离;头胸甲光滑,约为体长的1/3;第三颚足短,末端仅伸至触角柄第一节,第二步足较长,掌部无颗位状突起,有分散之微刺。模式标本存安徽师范大学生物系。     

广东米虾属一新种与一新纪录种记述(十足目,匙指虾科)

报道了采自广东的十足目匙指科米虾属1新种,清远米虾Caridina qingyuanensis sp. nov..新种与近似种华南米虾的主要区别在于雄性第1附肢内肢与内附肢的形状不同,第3～5对步足各节上刺的着生位置与数量不同,尾外肢横缝刺的数量少.首次报道了秉氏米虾Caridina pingi Yu,1938在广东的分布.     

Caridina bruneiana, a new species of freshwater shrimp (Decapoda, Caridea, Atyidae) from Negara Brunei Darussalam, Borneo

A new species of the freshwater atyid shrimp, Caridina bruneiana from Negara Brunei Darussalam, Borneo is described. Caridina bruneiana is characterized by its moderately long and deep rostrum, pereiopod shape, spination and segmental ratios, the shape and spination of its posterior telsonic margin, egg size and the presence of an appendix interna on the endopod of the first male pleopod. The distribution of atyid shrimps in forested streams and their possible use as bioindicators of stream water quality in tropical rainforests are briefly discussed.     

福建米虾新种和亚种的记述

根据教学需要,结合调查福建淡水虾的资源,在整理采到的标本中,发现米虾(Cari-dina)属中有一新种和二新亚种,叙述如下:厦门米虾Caridina amoyensis,sp.nov.观察过标本共182尾,体长13—21毫米,标本号数75-72-1(?);75-72-2♀,采于1975年10月11日。体型小。       

Molecular phylogeny and diversification of freshwater shrimps (Decapoda, Atyidae, Caridina) from ancient Lake Poso (Sulawesi, Indonesia)--the importance of being colourful

Ancient Lake Poso on the Indonesian island Sulawesi hosts a highly diverse endemic fauna, including a small species flock of atyid Caridina shrimps, which are characterized by conspicuous colour patterns. We used a mtDNA based molecular phylogeny to test the assumption of a monophyletic origin and intralacustrine radiation of the species flock and to assess the species specificity of some colour morphs. Our data reveal a rapid radiation of Caridina in the entire Poso drainage system, but provide no strong evidence for a monophyletic radiation of the lake species. Nevertheless each lacustrine species shows a varying degree of substrate or trophic specialization, usually considered a hallmark of adaptive radiation. Two distinct colour forms previously attributed to a single species, C. ensifera, lack distinguishing qualitative morphological characters, but are shown to be two different species. In contrast, morphologically rather distinct lake species lacking specific colour patterns may be hybridizing with riverine taxa. These results suggest that colour may play a similar role in species recognition and possibly speciation in ancient lake Caridina as hypothesized, e.g. for some African cichlids.     

中国米虾bursicon基因的功能及作用机制

为探讨米虾鞣化激素在其蜕皮周期及表皮角质层形成过程中的作用, 采用PCR技术克隆得到了米虾鞣化激素两个亚基基因的开放阅读框(ORF)序列。bursicon-α ORF全长441 bp, 共编码146个氨基酸; bursicon-β ORF全长411 bp, 共编码136个氨基酸。利用实时荧光定量PCR分析米虾整个蜕皮周期中鞣化激素2个亚基基因的表达特征, 结果发现, 鞣化激素bursicon-α和bursicon-β在米虾蜕皮周期的各个阶段的相对表达量存在差异, 在蜕皮前期(D期)相对表达量开始上升, 到D₃期时相对表达量最高, 蜕皮期E期相对表达量最低。RNA干扰(RNA interference, RNAi)介导bursicon-α和bursicon-β基因沉默后, 发现米虾的蜕皮周期延长, 表皮角质层明显变薄。结果提示, 鞣化激素(Bursicon)与新形成的外骨骼中角质层的加厚与硬化密切相关, 进而影响蜕皮时间。     

Changes in the zooplankton of Lakes Mutanda, Bunyonyi and Mulehe (Uganda)

Samples taken from Lake Mutanda in 1975 indicate that the specific composition of the zooplankton has changed from that in 1962. This change is very similar to that which occurred in Lake Bunyonyi sometime between 1931 and 1962. The most important aspect of the change is the disappearance of three species of Daphnia, together with Ceriodaphnia reticulata, Metadiaptomus aethiopicus, and Caridina nilotica. The 1975 samples indicate lower standing crops of zooplankton in all three lakes, and lower ratios of nauplii to copepodids than in 1962. The possibility of these changes being attributable to human activities is discussed.     

Water circulation and fish larvae recruitment in papyrus wetlands,Rubondo Island,Lake Victoria

A field study was undertaken of the hydrodynamics, water quality and adult and larval fish abundance in papyrus wetlands and surrounding coastal waters at Rubondo Island, Lake Victoria. Because they were exposed to the prevailing wind, the two bays facing east had small (0.01 km²) wetlands and were well flushed, with minimal accumulation of organic detritus and little oxygen depletion. Because it faced west, the third bay, Mlaga Bay, was sheltered and poorly flushed; organic matter accumulated in a large (1.41 km²) papyrus wetland. The rises and falls of the lake level at decadal time scales, may, by drowning or drying out wetlands, contribute significantly to storing organic matter as detritus. Vegetation decay in the wetlands, as well as primary production, resulted in large diurnal fluctuations of pH and dissolved oxygen concentration. Shading in daytime and cooling at night, cooled the wetlands water sufficiently to generate a baroclinic circulation whereby cold, wetland water sank and moved offshore in the lake while warm, lake water intruded in the wetlands near the surface. This flushing prevented the occurrence of anoxic conditions in the wetlands which were used by adult and larval fish, mainly tilapia, and freshwater shrimps (Caridina nilotica). No fish larvae were found at more than 150 m from the shore in the three bays. Both larval fish and Caridina nilotica appeared to move in and out of the wetlands at night, possibly as a result of low dissolved oxygen as well as sheltering from predation. Their abundance varied with the lunar phase, with maximum near new moon and first quarter. Being the only protected wetlands in Lake Victoria, Rubondo Island may increasingly become an important source of replenishment for fisheries in the lake which elsewhere appears overfished.     

Nile perch,Lates niloticus,predation on the freshwater prawn,Caridina nilotica,in the Nyanza Gulf,Lake Victoria,East Africa

Synopsis The percentage of Nile perch, Lates niloticus, containing the prawn, Caridina nilotica, declined from 60–85%, for fish between 5 and 40 cm total length, to less than 10% for fish larger than 80 cm in length. The maximum number of prawns eaten by a Nile perch increased steadily, from 10 prawns for a fish in the 5–9.9 cm length group, to 913 prawns in a fish in the 60–69.9 cm length group, and then fell sharply for larger fish. The mean number of Caridina eaten by fish that were foraging on this animal followed a similar trend. Gill raker spacing increased in direct proportion to fish length and this may prevent fish larger than 70 cm in length from being effective prawn predators.