Attribution and geographic context
Kristina von Rintelen — Germany
Source-documented role
2007 Lake Poso color cryptic speciation and 2009/2010 Malili taxonomic/phylogenetic work; named IUCN assessors for several taxa.
Limits
Academic author, not a confirmed hobby line designer.
References
- von Rintelen et al. 2007 Lake Poso colour and cryptic diversity
Voucher-based mtDNA study distinguishing formerly lumped ensifera colour forms; Do not treat ornamental blue/red grades as single-species color inheritance
- von Rintelen & Cai 2009 systematic revision, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology
Original taxonomic revision of the ancient-lake Caridina and eight described species; This paper documents field taxa and anatomy; not commercial genetic pedigrees
- von Rintelen et al. 2010 ancient Malili adaptive radiation
Peer-reviewed mitochondrial phylogeny and substrate counts for 15 endemic taxa; 2010 lake-wide sample; two colonization events, one producing 14 taxa, without a validated chromosome-level or hobby mating tree