Caridina

Caridina
Caridina
Caridina multidentata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Atyidae
Genus: Caridina
H. Milne-Edwards, 1837
Species

Many, see text

Caridina is a genus of freshwater atyid shrimps. They are widely found in tropical or subtropical water currents in Asia, Oceania and Africa. They are filter-feeders, collector-gatherers and omnivorous scavengers. They range from 0.9–9.8 mm (C. cantonensis) to 1.2–7.4 mm (C. serrata) in carapace length.

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Pets

The popular "Crystal Red" (red and white striped) are hybrids or mutants of a shrimp from this genus, probably Caridina serrata. [1]

Selected species

Ninja shrimp, C. serratirostris

There is evidence for hybridization between sympatric taxa, requiring care when interpreting molecular phylogenetic analyses that do not use a large number of specimens.[2] Species include the following:[2][3][4]

  • Caridina acuminata Stimpson, 1860
  • Caridina acutirostris Schenkel, 1902
  • Caridina africana Kingsley, 1882
  • Caridina brevirostris Stimpson, 1860
  • Caridina caerulea Rintelen & Cai, 2009
  • Caridina cantonensis Yu, 1938
  • Caridina dennerli Rintelen & Cai, 2009
  • Caridina denticulata (De Haan, 1844)
  • Caridina edulis Bouvier, 1904
  • Caridina ensifera Schenkel, 1902
  • Caridina glaubrechti Rintelen & Cai, 2009
  • Caridina gracilirostris De Man, 1892
  • Caridina holthuisi Rintelen & Cai, 2009
  • Caridina laevis Heller, 1862
  • Caridina lanceolata Woltereck, 1937
  • Caridina lingkonae Woltereck, 1937
  • Caridina loehae Woltereck, 1937
  • Caridina longidigita Cai & Wowor, 2007
  • Caridina mahalona Cai et al., 2009
  • Caridina masapi Woltereck, 1937
  • Caridina multidentata Stimpson, 1860
  • Caridina nilotica Roux, 1833
  • Caridina opaensis Roux, 1904
  • Caridina parvula Rintelen & Cai, 2009
  • Caridina profundicola Rintelen & Cai, 2009
  • Caridina propinqua De Man, 1908
  • Caridina sarasinorum Schenkel, 1902
  • Caridina schenkeli Rintelen & Cai, 2009
  • Caridina serrata Stimpson, 1860
  • Caridina serratirostris De Man, 1892
  • Caridina spinata Woltereck, 1937
  • Caridina spongicola Zitzler & Cai, 2006
  • Caridina striata Rintelen & Cai, 2009
  • Caridina tenuirostris Woltereck, 1937
  • Caridina tonkinensis Bouvier, 1919
  • Caridina trifasciata Yam & Cai, 2003
  • Caridina typus H. Milne-Edwards, 1837
  • Caridina weberi De Man, 1892
  • Caridina woltereckae Cai et al., 2009

References

  1. ^ Crystal red shrimp) from Petshrimp.com
  2. ^ a b Kristina von Rintelen, Thomas von Rintelen & Matthias Glaubrecht (2007). "Molecular phylogeny and diversification of freshwater shrimps (Decapoda, Atyidae, Caridina) from ancient Lake Poso (Sulawesi, Indonesia) – the importance of being colourful" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 45 (3): 1033–1041. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2007.07.002. PMID 17702608. http://download.naturkundemuseum-berlin.de/thomas.rintelen/Rintelen%20et%20al%202007%203.pdf. 
  3. ^ "Caridina H. Milne Edwards, 1837". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=97253. Retrieved June 1, 2011. 
  4. ^ Kristina von Rintelen & Yixiong Cai (2008). "Radiation of endemic species flocks in ancient lakes: systematic revision of the freshwater shrimp Caridina H Milne Edwards, 1837 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Atyidae) from the ancient lakes of Sulawesi, Indonesia, with the description of eight new species" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 57 (2): 343–452. http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/57/57rbz343-452.pdf. 

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