Study the shrimp of biodiversity of freshwater is important in understanding,conservation and sustainable using of the freshwater shrimp resources.Since 1987,we have collected approximately 10 000 specimens of freshwater shrimps from Hunan Province.There are 31 species and subspecies of the family Atyiae,belong to four genera Caridina,Neocaridina Paracaridina and Mancicaris are reported from Hunan Province,China.Among them there are 20 species and the genus Mancicaris appear to be endemic to Hunan Province.This paper deals with the morphological features,distribution and some ecological inform...
