Solomon’s Gold Mine: Description or redescription of 24 species of Caridina (Crustacea: Decapoda: Atyidae) freshwater shrimps from the Solomon Islands, including 11 new species Author Mazancourt, Valentin de 334E54F3-9FE1-4208-8861-1946579697A5 Unité Biologie des organismes et écosystèmes aquatiques (BOREA), Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Sorbonne Université, Université de Caen Normandie, Université des Antilles, CNRS, IRD, CP 26, 57 rue Cuvier 75005 Paris, France. Museum f ̹ r Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Invalidenstrasse 43, 10115 Berlin, Germany. Ecological Solutions in Solomon Islands, Western province, Gizo, Solomon Islands. valentin.demazancourt@laposte.net Author Boseto, David E2AA5328-9578-4380-9254-3FA0B65807E6 Ecological Solutions in Solomon Islands, Western province, Gizo, Solomon Islands. dboseto@ecologicalsolutions-si.com Author Marquet, Gerard BB110358-4FA2-4F5B-BF3A-B51F69D81AA9 Unité Biologie des organismes et écosystèmes aquatiques (BOREA), Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Sorbonne Université, Université de Caen Normandie, Université des Antilles, CNRS, IRD, CP 26, 57 rue Cuvier 75005 Paris, France. Museum f ̹ r Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Invalidenstrasse 43, 10115 Berlin, Germany. Ecological Solutions in Solomon Islands, Western province, Gizo, Solomon Islands. gmarquet@neuf.fr Author Keith, Philippe FDDE84AB-E459-401C-A9BF-3F16CEEBFD7C Unité Biologie des organismes et écosystèmes aquatiques (BOREA), Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Sorbonne Université, Université de Caen Normandie, Université des Antilles, CNRS, IRD, CP 26, 57 rue Cuvier 75005 Paris, France. Museum f ̹ r Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Invalidenstrasse 43, 10115 Berlin, Germany. Ecological Solutions in Solomon Islands, Western province, Gizo, Solomon Islands. keith@mnhn.fr text European Journal of Taxonomy 2020 2020-08-04 696 1 86 journal article 21373 10.5852/ejt.2020.696 5e1d0e63-c052-42fa-ba84-55f2166bfefd 3973435 265EDD08-7AA8-4835-B7F6-353E7992633E Caridina weberi species group Diagnosis Robust morphology with a straight or bent rostrum, armed or not on the dorsal margin, without apical teeth, the antennal spine fused with the inferior orbital angle, antennular peduncle equal to or more than half of carapace in length, pterygostomian margin rounded, stout walking leg segments, the carpus of the first pereiopod often deeply excavated, a short sixth abdominal somite (around half of carapace length), a high pre-anal carina with no spine or a small one, a great number of spinules on the uropodal diaeresis (>15), long and plumose terminal setae on the telson clearly longer than lateral ones, and a long subrectangular endopod of the first male pleopod with a short appendix on the subdistal outer margin.