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One season-sensitive character is not a species identification
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What changed
The species, anatomy and sexing guidance now includes the complete Neocaridina iriomotensis description and its finding that one walking-leg sex difference was present in summer specimens but absent in winter specimens.
Why it changed
The treatment examined a large deposited series and used combinations of morphology, but all listed material came from one locality and no molecular analysis was included. Nearby intermediate forms remained tentative ecomorphs. A season-sensitive appendage, colour or photograph cannot authenticate a seller line or identify another animal by itself.
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