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Advances in Freshwater Decapod Systematics and Biology CRUSTACEANA MONOGRAPHS Constitutes a Series of Books on Carcinology in Its Widest Sense Advances in freshwater decapod systematics and biology CRUSTACEANA MONOGRAPHS constitutes a series of books on carcinology in its widest sense. Contributions are handled by the Series Editor(s) and may be submitted through the office of KONINKLIJKE BRILL Academic Publishers N.V., P.O. Box 9000, NL-2300 PA Leiden, The Netherlands. Series Editor for the present volume: CHARLES H.J.M. FRANSEN, c/o Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P.O. Box 9517, NL-2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands; e-mail: [email protected] Founding Editor: J.C. VON VAUPEL KLEIN, Bilthoven, The Netherlands. Editorial Committee: N.L. BRUCE, Wellington, New Zealand; Mrs. M. CHARMANTIER-DAURES, Montpellier, France; Mrs. D. DEFAYE, Paris, France; H. DIRCKSEN, Stockholm, Sweden; R.C. GUIA¸SU, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; R.G. HARTNOLL, Port Erin, Isle of Man; E. MACPHERSON, Blanes, Spain; P.K.L. NG, Singapore, Rep. of Singapore; H.-K. SCHMINKE, Oldenburg, Germany; F.R. SCHRAM, Langley, WA, U.S.A.; C.D. SCHUBART, Regensburg, Germany; G. VA N D E R VELDE, Nijmegen, Netherlands; H.P. WAGNER, Leiden, Netherlands; D.I. WILLIAMSON, Port Erin, Isle of Man. Published in this series: CRM 001 - Stephan G. Bullard Larvae of anomuran and brachyuran crabs of North Carolina CRM 002 - Spyros Sfenthourakis et al. (eds.) The biology of terrestrial isopods, V CRM 003 - Tomislav Karanovic Subterranean Copepoda from arid Western Australia CRM 004 - Katsushi Sakai Callianassoidea of the world (Decapoda, Thalassinidea) CRM 005 - Kim Larsen Deep-sea Tanaidacea from the Gulf of Mexico CRM 006 - Katsushi Sakai Upogebiidae of the world (Decapoda, Thalassinidea) CRM 007 - Ivana Karanovic Candoninae (Ostracoda) from the Pilbara region in Western Australia CRM 008 - Frank D. Ferrari & Hans-Uwe Dahms Post-embryonic development of the Copepoda CRM 009 - Tomislav Karanovic Marine interstitial Poecilostomatoida and Cyclopoida (Copepoda) of Australia CRM 010 - Carrie E. Schweitzer et al. Systematic list of fossil decapod crustacean species CRM 011 - Peter Castro et al. (eds.) Studies on Brachyura: a homage to Danièle Guinot CRM 012 - Patricio R. De los Ríos-Escalante Crustacean zooplankton communities in Chilean inland waters CRM 013 - Katsushi Sakai Axioidea of the world and a reconsideration of the Callianassoidea (Decapoda, Thalassinidea, Callianassida) CRM 014 - Charles H.J.M. Fransen et al. (eds.) Studies on Malacostraca: Lipke Bijdeley Holthuis Memorial Volume CRM 015 - Akira Asakura et al. (eds.) New Frontiers in Crustacean Biology: Proceedings of the TCS Summer Meeting, Tokyo, 20-24 September 2009 CRM 016 - Danielle Defaye et al. (eds.) Studies on Freshwater Copepoda: a Volume in Honour of Bernard Dussart CRM 017 - Hironori Komatsu et al. (eds.) Studies on Eumalacostraca: a homage to Masatsune Takeda CRM 018 - Masahiro Dojiri & Ju-Shey Ho Systematics of the Caligidae, copepods parasitic on fishes Editors’ addresses: Darren C.J. Yeo, Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore (NUS), 14 Science Drive 4, Singapore 117543, Republic of Singapore; e-mail: [email protected] Neil Cumberlidge, Department of Biology, Northern Michigan University, 1401 Presque Isle Avenue, Marquette, MI 49855, U.S.A.; e-mail: [email protected] Sebastian Klaus, Department of Ecology and Evolution, J.W. Goethe-Universität, Max-von-Laue-Straße 13, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany; e-mail: [email protected] Cover: Cherax preissii (Erichson, 1846) by Ahyong; see p. 256, fig. 1. Advances in freshwater decapod systematics and biology By Darren C.J. Yeo, Neil Cumberlidge and Sebastian Klaus (Editors) CRUSTACEANA MONOGRAPHS,19 LEIDEN • BOSTON This book is printed on acid-free paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Advances in freshwater decapod systematics and biology / by Darren C.J. Yeo, Neil Cumber- lidge, and Sebastian Klaus (editors). pages cm. — (Crustaceana monographs ; 19) Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978-90-04-20760-8 (hardback : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-90-04-20761-5 (e-book) 1. Decapoda (Crustacea) 2. Decapoda (Crustacea)—Classification. 3. Freshwater inverte- brates. I. Yeo, Darren C. J. (Darren Chong Jinn) II. Cumberlidge, Neil. III. Klaus, Sebastian. QL444.M33A33 2014 595.3’8—dc23 2014016758 ISBN13: 978 90 04 20760 8 E-ISBN: 978 90 04 20761 5 © 2014 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands. Koninklijke Brill NV incorporates the imprints Brill, Brill Nijhoff, Global Oriental and Hotei Publishing. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use is granted by Koninklijke Brill NV provided that the appropriate fees are paid directly to The Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Suite 910, Danvers, MA 01923, USA. Fees are subject to change. PRINTED IN THE NETHERLANDS CONTENTS YEO,DARREN C. J., NEIL CUMBERLIDGE &SEBASTIAN KLAUS, Preface — freshwater decapod biology in the 21st Century . 1 KLAUS,SEBASTIAN &MICHAEL TÜRKAY, Freshwater crab sys- tematics and biogeography: the legacy of Richard Bott (∗1902- †1974). 7 VOGT,GÜNTER, Life span, early life stage protection, mortality, and senescence in freshwater Decapoda . 17 CUMBERLIDGE,NEIL, Freshwater decapod conservation: recent progressandfuturechallenges............................. 53 CUMBERLIDGE,NEIL, An overview of the Afrotropical freshwater crab fauna: diversity, biogeography, and conservation (Brach- yura, Potamoidea, Potamonautidae and Potamidae). 71 MAGALHÃES,CÉLIO,VITOR Q. A. SANCHES,LEONARDO G. PI- LEGGI &FERNANDO L. MANTELATTO, Morphological and molecular characterization of a new species of Fredius (De- capoda, Pseudothelphusidae) from Rondônia, southern Amazo- nia,Brazil................................................ 101 KEIKHOSRAVI,ALIREZA &CHRISTOPH D. SCHUBART, Descrip- tion of a new freshwater crab species of the genus Potamon (Decapoda, Brachyura, Potamidae) from Iran, based on mor- phological and genetic characters . ...................... 115 MENDOZA,JOSE C. E. & DARREN C. J. YEO, A new species of Isolapotamon Bott, 1968 (Decapoda, Brachyura, Potamidae) from Mindanao, with notes on the Philippine Isolapotamon species.................................................. 135 KLAUS,SEBASTIAN &JÉRÔME PRIETO, New occurrence of Mio- cene freshwater crabs (Brachyura, Potamidae) in the North Alpine Foreland Basin, Germany, with a note on fossil Potamon tocalibratemolecularclocks............................... 161 SCHUBART,CHRISTOPH D.&TOBIAS SANTL, Differentiation within a river system: ecology or geography driven? Evolution- vi CRM 019 – Yeo et al. (eds.), FRESHWATER DECAPOD SYSTEMATICS AND BIOLOGY ary significant units and new species in Jamaican freshwater crabs.................................................... 173 SANTOS,SANDRO,GEORGINA BOND-BUCKUP,LUDWIG BUCK- UP,TAINÃ G. LOUREIRO,ALBERTO S. GONÇALVES,ANA VERDI,FABRIZIO SCARABINO &CHRISTIAN CLAVIJO,The Aeglidae of Uruguay (Decapoda, Anomura), with the descrip- tion of a new species of Aegla .............................. 195 CAI,YIXIONG, Atyid shrimps of Hainan Island, southern China, with the description of a new species of Caridina (Crustacea, Decapoda, Atyidae) . 207 GUERAO,GUILLERMO,SILKE REUSCHEL,KLAUS ANGER & CHRISTOPH D. SCHUBART, On the presumed phylogenetic po- sition of the Xiphocarididae (Decapoda, Caridea) based on the larval morphology of Xiphocaris elongata ................... 233 AHYONG,SHANE T., Diversity and distribution of Australian fresh- water crayfish with a check-list of the world Parastacidae and a key to the genera (Decapoda, Astacidea, Parastacoidea)....... 245 FURSE,JAMES M., The freshwater crayfish fauna of Australia: update on conservation status and threats . 273 PREFACE — FRESHWATER DECAPOD BIOLOGY IN THE 21ST CENTURY BY DARRENC.J.YEO1,4), NEIL CUMBERLIDGE2,5) and SEBASTIAN KLAUS1,3,6) 1) Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 14 Science Drive 4, Singapore 117543, Republic of Singapore 2) Department of Biology, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI 49855, U.S.A. 3) Department of Ecology and Evolution, J.W. Goethe-Universität, Max-von-Laue-Straße 13, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany Among an estimated 15 000 described decapod crustaceans, about 3000 species (ca. 20%) can be considered freshwater species (De Grave et al., 2008; Yeo et al., 2008) that depend on intact freshwater habitats for their survival. The inland waters of continents and islands comprise less than 3% of the total water on earth and are highly discontinuous habitats. Despite this, the high diversity of ecological niches in freshwater habitats and the frequent occurrence of genetic isolation have resulted in the evolution of an impressively rich assemblage of species. Most of the recent studies on freshwater decapods are the result of interna- tional collaborative efforts, bringing together taxonomic and methodological expertise and access to a broad selection of species from most parts of the world. An initial Freshwater Crab Symposium in 2008 held at the National University of Singapore brought together, for the first time, a multi-national group of specialists working on the primary freshwater crabs in all major re- gions of the animals’ global distribution. This was a follow-up to informal collaborations that began in 2005 between several of the participants, which resulted in the publication of the first global
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