Original evidence / species identification
Contrasts 2024 Yang et al. broad lumping proposal, 2024 Shih et al. 8 local groups and Fuke commentary, 2025 Cai/Shih reply.
Illustrated research / ancestry evidence
Other taxonomic treatments
Evidence types differ: mitochondrial genome vs COI and morphology, specimen selection, allelic admixture interpretation.
Contradictions and unresolved claims
The position that these taxa are all synonyms and the position that davidi/denticulata remain distinguishable must both be described with source and uncertainty.
Ecological and breeder-pedigree limits
No consensus phylogenetic species tree should be drawn from trade morphology or an abstract.
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
- Yang, Cui, Li, Dong, Kang & Gan (2024), N. davidi–denticulata–heteropoda mitogenome proposal
Peer-reviewed mitogenomic taxonomy hypothesis. Proposal to synonymize under N. denticulata is contested by other taxonomists, and not an official universally resolved species consensus
- 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
- Yusuke Fuke (2024) scholarly commentary on Japanese Neocaridina delimitations
Published comment challenging alternative field assignments. A critical interpretation of earlier specimens/markers, not a complete independent reference-wide taxonomic resolution
- Cai & Shih (2025) reply to Fuke, clarifying competing taxonomic interpretations
Peer-reviewed published response, Dec 3 2025. Authors defend distinct N. davidi and N. denticulata using integrated taxonomy; the published exchange documents unresolved disagreement
- NCBI taxonomy (N. davidi current name, N. heteropoda alternative synonym)
Curated database annotation, not nomenclatural authority. NCBI explicitly warns users to consult taxonomic literature, especially in a contested case