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SUBMITTER: Inui N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6408424 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Inui Naoto N Maruyama Tomoaki T Okamoto Ken K
Biodiversity data journal 20190301
<h4>Background</h4>The freshwater shrimp, <i>Australatyaobscura</i> Han & Klotz, has been known only from Taiwan and Panay Island, Philippines.<h4>New information</h4>An adult <i>A.obscura</i> 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. ...[more]