Short, J. W. and Marquet, G., 1998. New records of freshwater Palaemonidae (Crustacea, Decapoda) from New Caledonia.

A freshwater survey of over thirty-five river catchments throughout mainland New Caledonia ("la Grande Terre") and a number of caves on Lifou, the Loyalty Islands, yielded four new records of Palaemonidae for the region, viz., three species of Macrobrachium (river prawns, river shrimps, freshwater prawns or long-armed prawns), M. grandimanus (Randall, 1839), M. latimanus (von Martens, 1868), M. microps Holthuis, 1978, and Palaemon concinnus Dana, 1852 (Elegant Mangrove Shrimp), which are reported here. Six species have previously been recorded: M. aemulum (Nobili, 1906), M. australe (Guerin-Meneville, 1838), M. caledonicum (J. Roux, 1926), M. equidens (Dana, 1852), M. lar (Fabricius, 1798) and Palaemon debilis Dana, 1852, bringing the total fauna to ten species. A key is provided to the freshwater Palaemonidae of New Caledonia.