Report On A Collection Of Freshwater Shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea) From The Philippines, With Descriptions Of Four New Species Author Shokita, Yixiong Cai Shigemitsu text Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 2006 2006-08-31 54 2 245 270 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.13245522 2345-7600 13245522 Caridina propinqua De Man, 1908 Caridina propinqua De Man, 1908a: 227 , Pl. 19 Fig. 6 [ type locality: Dhappa, near Calcutta, India ]; Kemp, 1915: 309 ; 1918: 274 ; Bouvier, 1925: 181 , Figs. 375, 381; Johnson, 1961: 131 , Figs. 12-15; De Silva, 1982: 127 , Fig. 5 ; Ng & Choy, 1990: 17. Material examined. – 2 males , cl 2.7-2.8 mm , 6 females , cl 3.9 mm , Surigao Mangrove , Mindanao Island , Philippines , Station 2, 25 Jul.1985 . Remarks. – The species has a preference to live in mangrove, though sometimes could be found at other freshwater habitats. This is a new record for the Philippines . Distribution. – Sri Lanka , India , Thailand , Malay Peninsula.