Original evidence / species identification
2024 Japan survey described this as an unidentified lineage related to palmata, regarded as introduced.
Illustrated research / ancestry evidence
Other taxonomic treatments
The aff. prefix means a specimen resembling N. palmata, not a formally confirmed new species.
Contradictions and unresolved claims
Do not collapse aff. palmata into palmata, or designate it a Cherry/Blue Jelly founder.
Ecological and breeder-pedigree limits
Population introduction interpretation belongs only to sampled region.
Recorded commercial founders
Not documented in cited field taxonomy
Published, counted named-color F1/F2 ratios
No controlled commercial color F1/F2 segregation table in cited source
Primary scientific and database references
- Shih, Cai, Niwa, Yoshigou & Nakahara (2024), integrative identification of Neocaridina in Kyushu and Honshu
Peer-reviewed original field specimens, morphology and COI. Eight species / provisional lineages detected locally, not aquarium commercial founder certificates