Researcher identity and publication region
Shota Kunimatsu — Japan
Documented scientific contribution
Coauthor of 2024 National Institute of Genetics highlighted island/Kyushu Neocaridina records.
Uncertainty and what is NOT established
Specimen occurrence research, not Orange Eye gene inheritance.
Sources
- National Institute of Genetics record for Fuke, Kunimatsu & Nakajima 2024 Kyushu populations
Japanese research institution summary of specimen-vouchered occurrences. Local distribution and COI haplotypes do not prove every wild-looking or aquarium colony's source locality