taxonID	type	description	language	source
5A617900FFDAFFF12BB3FC18446BE886.taxon	materials_examined	Materials examined	en	Vijayamma, Jayachandran Kunjuraman, Dhamorikar, Amruta, Manchi, Shirish (2021): A new species of Caridina H. Milne Edwards, 1837 (Family: Atyidae) from a limestone cave on Interview Island, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Zootaxa 5057 (3): 402-414, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5057.3.5
5A617900FFDAFFF12BB3FC18446BE886.taxon	biology_ecology	Habitat. CN 2, a limestone cave around a kilometre inland from the west coast in the central part of Interview Island, holds underground water (Fig. 3 A, B, C). As the primary source of this water is rainwater and its runoff, the stream inside the cave flows during monsoon and post- monsoon periods leaving small pools during the dry season. The stream flows from one end of the cave (south-west) where the gushing water cascades into the deep pools, and towards the mid-section, it splits into streamlets and shallow pools (0.2 m depth) and ultimately goes underground at north-west where the cave is raised. The water in the cave travels approximately 20 m before emptying underground (Figs. 3 A, B, C). Except for a small portion near the opening, the entire length of the cave has no light. The water temperature in the cave’s sample collection zones was between 25 – 26 ˚ C. The pH of the water was between 6.0 – 7.0. During the sample collection, the air temperature and relative humidity were 24 ˚ C and 93.2 %, respectively. This cave has seasonal deficient oxygen levels, especially during the pre-monsoon (dry) season between March and June. Geologically Interview Island has Archipelago series rock type (Bandopadhyay & Carter 2017). The significant water source inside caves is through percolation during the monsoon and postmonsoon periods. This percolating water brings in organic matter as an external energy source to form a significant energy supply for the subterranean life in some caves (Culver & Pipan 2009). In CN 2, shrimps were found under rocks, boulders, and crevices in the pools (0.2 m to 8 m deep) (Fig. 3 A, B, C). The presence of various sized individuals during the visits and no signs of their presence in the epigean water bodies indicate it being restricted to the hypogean habitats. Being photophobic, these shrimps quickly darted in the opposite direction when exposed to the light source. Some other shrimps and amphipods were also encountered in the same pools inside CN 2 and are being identified.	en	Vijayamma, Jayachandran Kunjuraman, Dhamorikar, Amruta, Manchi, Shirish (2021): A new species of Caridina H. Milne Edwards, 1837 (Family: Atyidae) from a limestone cave on Interview Island, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Zootaxa 5057 (3): 402-414, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5057.3.5
5A617900FFDAFFF12BB3FC18446BE886.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species is named in honour of the renowned ornithologist and conservation biologist Dr. Ravi Sankaran, who pioneered cave studies in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. He had first systematically documented the caves in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands while searching for populations of the cave-dwelling Ediblenest Swiftlet, A. fuciphagus Thunberg, 1812 and his dream and motivation led to the cave faunal study initiated in the Andaman Islands today.	en	Vijayamma, Jayachandran Kunjuraman, Dhamorikar, Amruta, Manchi, Shirish (2021): A new species of Caridina H. Milne Edwards, 1837 (Family: Atyidae) from a limestone cave on Interview Island, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Zootaxa 5057 (3): 402-414, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5057.3.5
