''Caridina'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of freshwater atyid

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. They are widely found in

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water in

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and

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. They are filter-feeders and

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s. They range from 0.9 to 9.8 mm ('' C. cantonensis'') to 1.2–7.4 mm ('' C. serrata'') in

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length.

Taxonomy and species

There is evidence for hybridization between

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, requiring care when interpreting

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analyses that do not use a large number of specimens. As of March 2022, the

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lists the genus ''Caridina'' as having 340 species. These include the following species: *''

Caridina ablepsia ''Caridina'' is a genus of freshwater atyid shrimp. They are widely found in tropical or subtropical water in Asia, Oceania and Africa. They are filter-feeders and omnivorous scavengers. They range from 0.9 to 9.8 mm ('' C. cantonensis'') ...

'' Guo, Jiang & Zhang, 1992 *''

Caridina acuta ''Caridina'' is a genus of freshwater atyid shrimp. They are widely found in tropical or subtropical water in Asia, Oceania and Africa. They are filter-feeders and omnivorous scavengers. They range from 0.9 to 9.8 mm ('' C. cantonensis'') ...

'' Liang, Chen & W.-X. Li, 2005 *''

Caridina acutirostris ''Caridina'' is a genus of freshwater atyid shrimp. They are widely found in tropical or subtropical water in Asia, Oceania and Africa. They are filter-feeders and omnivorous scavengers. They range from 0.9 to 9.8 mm ('' C. cantonensis'') ...

'' Schenkel, 1902 *''

Caridina africana ''Caridina'' is a genus of freshwater atyid shrimp. They are widely found in tropical or subtropical water in Asia, Oceania and Africa. They are filter-feeders and omnivorous scavengers. They range from 0.9 to 9.8 mm ('' C. cantonensis'') ...

'' Kingsley, 1883 *''

Caridina alba ''Caridina'' is a genus of freshwater atyid shrimp. They are widely found in tropical or subtropical water in Asia, Oceania and Africa. They are filter-feeders and omnivorous scavengers. They range from 0.9 to 9.8 mm ('' C. canton ...

'' J. Li & S. Li, 2010 *'' Caridina alphonsi'' Bouvier, 1919 *'' Caridina amnicolizambezi'' Richard & Clark, 2009 *'' Caridina amoyensis'' Liang & Yan, 1977 *'' Caridina angulata'' Bouvier, 1905 *'' Caridina angustipes'' Guo & Liang, 2003 *'' Caridina anislaq'' Cai, Choy & Ng, 2009 *'' Caridina annandalei'' Kemp, 1918 *''

Caridina apodosis ''Caridina'' is a genus of freshwater atyid shrimp. They are widely found in tropical or subtropical water in Asia, Oceania and Africa. They are filter-feeders and omnivorous scavengers. They range from 0.9 to 9.8 mm ('' C. cantonensis'') ...

'' Cai & N. K. Ng, 1999 *'' Caridina appendiculata'' Jalihal & Shenoy, 1998 *'' Caridina aruensis'' Roux, 1911 *''

Caridina bakoensis ''Caridina'' is a genus of freshwater atyid shrimp. They are widely found in tropical or subtropical water in Asia, Oceania and Africa. They are filter-feeders and omnivorous scavengers. They range from 0.9 to 9.8 mm ('' C. canton ...

'' Ng, 1995 *'' Caridina bamaensis'' Liang & Yan, 1983 *'' Caridina baojingensis'' Guo, He & Bai, 1992 *''

Caridina barakoma ''Caridina'' is a genus of freshwater atyid shrimp. They are widely found in tropical or subtropical water in Asia, Oceania and Africa. They are filter-feeders and omnivorous scavengers. They range from 0.9 to 9.8 mm ('' C. cantonensis'') ...

'' de Mazancourt et al. 2020 *'' Caridina batuan'' Cai, Choy & Ng, 2009 *'' Caridina belazoniensis'' Richard & Clark, 2009 *''

Caridina boehmei ''Caridina'' is a genus of freshwater atyid shrimp. They are widely found in tropical or subtropical water in Asia, Oceania and Africa. They are filter-feeders and omnivorous scavengers. They range from 0.9 to 9.8 mm ('' C. cantonensis'') ...

'' Klotz & von Rintelen, 2013 *'' Caridina boholensis'' Cai, Choy & Ng, 2009 *'' Caridina brachydactyla'' De Man, 1908 *''

Caridina brevidactyla ''Caridina'' is a genus of freshwater atyid shrimp. They are widely found in tropical or subtropical water in Asia, Oceania and Africa. They are filter-feeders and omnivorous scavengers. They range from 0.9 to 9.8 mm ('' C. cantonensis'') ...

'' Roux, 1919 *''

Caridina breviata ''Caridina'' is a genus of freshwater Atyidae, atyid Caridea, shrimp. They are widely found in tropical or subtropical water in Asia, Oceania and Africa. They are filter feeding, filter-feeders and omnivorous scavengers. They range from 0.9 to 9 ...

'' N. K. Ng & Cai, 2000 *''

Caridina brevicarpalis ''Caridina'' is a genus of freshwater atyid shrimp. They are widely found in tropical or subtropical water in Asia, Oceania and Africa. They are filter-feeders and omnivorous scavengers. They range from 0.9 to 9.8 mm ('' C. cantonensis'') ...

'' De Man, 1892 *'' Caridina brevispina'' Liang & Yan, 1986 *''

Caridina bruneiana ''Caridina'' is a genus of freshwater atyid shrimp. They are widely found in tropical or subtropical water in Asia, Oceania and Africa. They are filter-feeders and omnivorous scavengers. They range from 0.9 to 9.8 mm ('' C. cantonensis'') ...

'' Choy, 1992 *'' Caridina buehleri'' Roux, 1934 *'' Caridina buergersi'' Karge, von Rintelen & Klotz, 2010 *'' Caridina buhi'' Cai & Shokita, 2006 *''

Caridina bunyonyiensis ''Caridina'' is a genus of freshwater atyid shrimp. They are widely found in tropical or subtropical water in Asia, Oceania and Africa. They are filter-feeders and omnivorous scavengers. They range from 0.9 to 9.8 mm ('' C. cantonensis'') ...

'' Richard & Clark, 2005 *'' Caridina burmensis'' Cai & Ng, 2000 *''

Caridina butonensis ''Caridina'' is a genus of freshwater atyid shrimp. They are widely found in tropical or subtropical water in Asia, Oceania and Africa. They are filter-feeders and omnivorous scavengers. They range from 0.9 to 9.8 mm ('' C. cantonensis'') ...

'' Klotz & von Rintelen, 2013 *'' Caridina caerulea'' von Rintelen & Cai, 2009 *'' Caridina calmani'' Bouvier, 1919 *'' Caridina camaro'' Cai, Choy & Ng, 2009 *''

Caridina cantonensis The bee shrimp (''Caridina cantonensis''), is a species of small freshwater shrimp in the family Atyidae. It is native to Taiwan.Caridina caobangensis'' S.-Q. Li & Liang, 2002 *'' Caridina carli'' Roux, 1931 *'' Caridina cavalerieioides'' Liu & Liang ''in'' Liang, 2004 *'' Caridina caverna'' Liang, Chen & W.-X. Li, 2005 *'' Caridina cavernicola'' Liang & Zhou, 1993 *'' Caridina cebuensis'' Cai & Shokita, 2006 *'' Caridina celebensis'' De Man, 1892 *'' Caridina celestinoi'' Blanco, 1939 *'' Caridina chauhani'' Chopra & Tiwari, 1949 *''

Caridina choiseul ''Caridina'' is a genus of freshwater atyid shrimp. They are widely found in tropical or subtropical water in Asia, Oceania and Africa. They are filter-feeders and omnivorous scavengers. They range from 0.9 to 9.8 mm ('' C. cantonensis'') ...

'' de Mazancourt et al. 2020 *'' Caridina chishuiensis'' Cai & Yuan, 1996 *''

Caridina clandestina ''Caridina'' is a genus of freshwater atyid shrimp. They are widely found in tropical or subtropical water in Asia, Oceania and Africa. They are filter-feeders and omnivorous scavengers. They range from 0.9 to 9.8 mm ('' C. cantonensis'') ...

'' Klotz et al., 2023 *'' Caridina clavipes'' Guo & Liang, 2003 *'' Caridina clinata'' Cai, X. Q. Nguyên & Ng, 1999 *'' Caridina cognata'' De Man, 1915 *'' Caridina confusa'' Choy & Marshall, 1997 *'' Caridina congoensis'' Richard & Clark, 2009 *'' Caridina cornuta'' Liang & Yan, 1986 *'' Caridina costai'' de Silva, 1982 *'' Caridina crassipes'' Liang, 1993 *'' Caridina crurispinata'' Gurney, 1984 *'' Caridina cucphuongensis'' Đăng, 1980 *'' Caridina curta'' Liang & Cai, 2000 *'' Caridina demani'' Roux, 1911 *'' Caridina demenica'' Cai & Li, 1997 *'' Caridina dennerli'' von Rintelen & Cai, 2009 *'' Caridina denticulata'' *'' Caridina dentifrons'' N. K. Ng & Cai, 2000 *'' Caridina devaneyi'' Choy, 1991 *'' Caridina dianchiensis'' Liang & Yan, 1985 *'' Caridina disjuncta'' Cai & Liang, 1999 *'' Caridina disparidentata'' Liang, Yan & Wang, 1984 *'' Caridina ebuneus'' Richard & Clark, 2009 *'' Caridina edulis'' Bouvier, 1904 *'' Caridina elisabethae'' Karge, von Rintelen & Klotz, 2010 *'' Caridina elliptica'' Cai & Yuan, 1996 *'' Caridina elongapoda'' Liang & Yan, 1977 *''

Caridina endehensis ''Caridina'' is a genus of freshwater atyid shrimp. They are widely found in tropical or subtropical water in Asia, Oceania and Africa. They are filter-feeders and omnivorous scavengers. They range from 0.9 to 9.8 mm ('' C. cantonensis'') ...

'' De Man, 1892 *'' Caridina ensifera'' Schenkel, 1902 *'' Caridina evae'' Richard & Clark, 2009 *'' Caridina excavata'' Kemp, 1913 *'' Caridina excavatoides'' Johnson, 1961 *'' Caridina fasciata'' Hung, Chan & Yu, 1993 *'' Caridina fecunda'' Roux, 1911 *'' Caridina feixiana'' Cai & Liang, 1999 *'' Caridina fernandoi'' Arudpragasam & Costa, 1962 *'' Caridina fijiana'' Choy, 1983 *''

Caridina flavilineata ''Caridina'' is a genus of freshwater atyid shrimp. They are widely found in tropical or subtropical water in Asia, Oceania and Africa. They are filter-feeders and omnivorous scavengers. They range from 0.9 to 9.8 mm ('' C. cantonensis'') ...

'' Đăng, 1975 *'' Caridina formosae'' Hung, Chan & Yu, 1993 *'' Caridina fossarum'' Heller, 1862 *'' Caridina fusca'' Klotz, Wowor & von Rintelen, 2021 *''

Caridina gabonensis ''Caridina'' is a genus of freshwater atyid shrimp. They are widely found in tropical or subtropical water in Asia, Oceania and Africa. They are filter-feeders and omnivorous scavengers. They range from 0.9 to 9.8 mm ('' C. cantonensis'') ...

'' Roux, 1927 *'' Caridina ghanensis'' Richard & Clark, 2009 *'' Caridina glaubrechti'' von Rintelen & Cai, 2009 *'' Caridina glossopoda'' Liang, Guo & Gao, 1993 *'' Caridina gordonae'' Richard & Clark, 2005 *'' Caridina gortio'' Cai & Anker, 2004 *'' Caridina gracilipes'' De Man, 1892 *''

Caridina gracilirostris ''Caridina gracilirostris'' is a species of brackishwater shrimp belong to genus ''Caridina'' in the family Atyidae. It has a wide native range extending from Japan and Fiji through Indonesia to Madagascar.De Grave, S., Wowor, D. & Klotz, W. 2013 ...

'' De Man, 1892 *'' Caridina gracillima'' Lanchester, 1901 *''

Caridina grandirostris ''Caridina'' is a genus of freshwater atyid shrimp. They are widely found in tropical or subtropical water in Asia, Oceania and Africa. They are filter-feeders and omnivorous scavengers. They range from 0.9 to 9.8 mm ('' C. cantonensis'') ...

'' Stimpson, 1860 *'' Caridina guangxiensis'' Liang & Zhou, 1993 *'' Caridina gueryi'' Marquet, Keith & Kalfatak, 2009 *'' Caridina guiyangensis'' Liang, 2002 *'' Caridina gurneyi'' Jalihal, Shenoy & Sankolli, 1984 *'' Caridina hainanensis'' Liang & Yan, 1983 *'' Caridina hanshanensis'' Tan, 1990 *'' Caridina harmandi'' Bouvier, 1906 *'' Caridina hodgarti'' Kemp, 1913 *'' Caridina holthuisi'' von Rintelen & Cai, 2009 *'' Caridina hongyanensis'' Cai & Yuan, 1996 *'' Caridina hova'' Nobili, 1905 *''

Caridina huananensis ''Caridina'' is a genus of freshwater atyid shrimp. They are widely found in tropical or subtropical water in Asia, Oceania and Africa. They are filter-feeders and omnivorous scavengers. They range from 0.9 to 9.8 mm ('' C. cantonensis'') ...

'' Liang, 2004 *'' Caridina hubeiensis'' Liang & S.-Q. Li, 1993 *'' Caridina hunanensis'' Liang, Guo & Gao, 1993 *'' Caridina imitatrix'' Holthuis, 1970 *''

Caridina intermedia ''Caridina'' is a genus of freshwater Atyidae, atyid Caridea, shrimp. They are widely found in tropical or subtropical water in Asia, Oceania and Africa. They are filter feeding, filter-feeders and omnivorous scavengers. They range from 0.9 to 9 ...

'' de Mazancourt et al. 2020 *'' Caridina jalihali'' Mariappan & Richard, 2006 *'' Caridina jeani'' Cai, 2010 *'' Caridina jiangxiensis'' Liang & Zheng, 1985 *'' Caridina johnsoni'' Cai, Ng & Choy, 2007 *'' Caridina kaombeflutilis'' Richard & Clark, 2010 *'' Caridina kempi'' Jalihal, Shenoy & Sankolli, 1984 *'' Caridina kilimae'' Hilgendorf, 1898 *'' Caridina kunmingensis'' Z.-Z. Wang & Liang, 2001 *''

Caridina kunnathurensis ''Caridina'' is a genus of freshwater atyid shrimp. They are widely found in tropical or subtropical water in Asia, Oceania and Africa. They are filter-feeders and omnivorous scavengers. They range from 0.9 to 9.8 mm ('' C. cantonensis'') ...

'' Richard & Chandran, 1994 *'' Caridina laevis'' Heller, 1862 *'' Caridina lamiana'' Holthuis, 1965 *''

Caridina lanceifrons ''Caridina'' is a genus of freshwater atyid shrimp. They are widely found in tropical or subtropical water in Asia, Oceania and Africa. They are filter-feeders and omnivorous scavengers. They range from 0.9 to 9.8 mm ('' C. cantonensis'') ...

'' Yu, 1936 *'' Caridina lanceolata'' Woltereck, 1937 *'' Caridina lanzana'' Holthuis, 1980 *'' Caridina laoagensis'' Blanco, 1939 *''

Caridina laroeha ''Caridina'' is a genus of freshwater atyid shrimp. They are widely found in tropical or subtropical water in Asia, Oceania and Africa. They are filter-feeders and omnivorous scavengers. They range from 0.9 to 9.8 mm ('' C. cantonensis'') ...

'' Klotz & von Rintelen, 2013 *''

Caridina leclerci ''Caridina'' is a genus of freshwater atyid shrimp. They are widely found in tropical or subtropical water in Asia, Oceania and Africa. They are filter-feeders and omnivorous scavengers. They range from 0.9 to 9.8 mm ('' C. cantonensis'') ...

'' Cai & Ng, 2009 *'' Caridina leucosticta'' Stimpson, 1860 *''

Caridina leytensis ''Caridina'' is a genus of freshwater atyid shrimp. They are widely found in tropical or subtropical water in Asia, Oceania and Africa. They are filter-feeders and omnivorous scavengers. They range from 0.9 to 9.8 mm ('' C. cantonensis'') ...

'' Blanco, 1939 *'' Caridina liangi'' Jiang, Guo & Zhang, 2002 *'' Caridina liaoi'' Cai, Choy & Ng, 2009 *'' Caridina lilianae'' Klotz, Wowor & von Rintelen, 2021 *'' Caridina lima'' Liang, Guo & Gao, 1993 *'' Caridina linduensis'' Roux, 1904 *'' Caridina lineorostris'' Richard & Clark, 2009 *'' Caridina lingkonae'' Woltereck, 1937 *'' Caridina lipalmaria'' Richard & Clark, 2010 *'' Caridina liui'' Liang & Yan, 1986 *'' Caridina lobocensis'' Cai, Choy & Ng, 2009 *'' Caridina loehae'' Woltereck, 1937 *'' Caridina longa'' Liang & Yan, 1985 *'' Caridina longiacuta'' Guo & Wang, 2005 *'' Caridina longicarpus'' Roux, 1926 *'' Caridina longidigita'' Cai & Wowor, 2007 *'' Caridina longifrons'' Cai & Ng, 2007 *'' Caridina longirostris'' H. Milne-Edwards, 1837 *'' Caridina lovoensis'' Roth-Woltereck, 1955 *'' Caridina lufengensis'' Cai & Duan, 1998 *'' Caridina lumilympha'' Richard & Clark, 2010 *'' Caridina macrodentata'' Cai & Shokita, 2006 *'' Caridina macrophora'' Kemp, 1918 *'' Caridina maculata'' L. Wang, Liang & F. Li, 2008 *''

Caridina maeana ''Caridina'' is a genus of freshwater atyid shrimp. They are widely found in tropical or subtropical water in Asia, Oceania and Africa. They are filter-feeders and omnivorous scavengers. They range from 0.9 to 9.8 mm ('' C. cantonensis'') ...

'' de Mazancourt et al. 2020 *''

Caridina maeklongensis ''Caridina'' is a genus of freshwater atyid shrimp. They are widely found in tropical or subtropical water in Asia, Oceania and Africa. They are filter-feeders and omnivorous scavengers. They range from 0.9 to 9.8 mm ('' C. cantonensis'') ...

'' Macharoenboon, K., Manonai, V., & Jeratthitikul, E., 2024 *'' Caridina mahalona'' Cai, Wowor & Choy, 2009 *'' Caridina malawensis'' Richard & Clark, 2009 *''

Caridina malayensis ''Caridina'' is a genus of freshwater atyid shrimp. They are widely found in tropical or subtropical water in Asia, Oceania and Africa. They are filter-feeders and omnivorous scavengers. They range from 0.9 to 9.8 mm ('' C. cantonensis'') ...

'' Cai, Ng & Choy, 2007 *''

Caridina mariae ''Caridina mariae'', commonly known as the tiger shrimp, is a variety of fresh water, freshwater shrimp from Southeast Asia (neighboring counties of Yingde and Conghua, Guangdong Province, Southern China and Hong Kong SAR) that are popular in ho ...

'' Klotz & von Rintelen, 2014 *'' Caridina marlenae'' Klotz, Wowor & von Rintelen, 2021 *'' Caridina masapi'' Woltereck, 1937 *'' Caridina mathiassi'' Silas & Jayachandran, 2010 *'' Caridina mauritii'' Bouvier, 1912 *'' Caridina mayamareenae'' Klotz, Wowor & von Rintelen, 2021 *'' Caridina mccullochi'' Roux, 1926 *'' Caridina medifolia'' Cai & Yuan, 1996 *'' Caridina mengae'' Liang, 1993 *''

Caridina mengaeoides ''Caridina'' is a genus of freshwater atyid shrimp. They are widely found in tropical or subtropical water in Asia, Oceania and Africa. They are filter-feeders and omnivorous scavengers. They range from 0.9 to 9.8 mm ('' C. cantonensis'') ...

'' Guo & Suzuki, 1996 *'' Caridina menghaiensis'' Cai & Dai, 1999 *''

Caridina meridionalis ''Caridina'' is a genus of freshwater atyid shrimp. They are widely found in tropical or subtropical water in Asia, Oceania and Africa. They are filter-feeders and omnivorous scavengers. They range from 0.9 to 9.8 mm ('' C. cantonensis'') ...

'' L. Wang, Liang & F. Li, 2008 *'' Caridina mertoni'' Roux, 1911 *'' Caridina mesofluminis'' Richard & Clark, 2009 *'' Caridina mindanao'' Cai & Shokita, 2006 *'' Caridina minidentata'' Cai & Anker, 2004 *'' Caridina minnanica'' Liang, 2002 *'' Caridina modiglianii'' Nobili, 1900 *'' Caridina moeri'' Roth-Woltereck, 1984 *'' Caridina mongziensis'' Liang, Yan & Z.-Z. Wang, 1987 *''

Caridina multidentata ''Caridina multidentata'' is a species of shrimp in the family Atyidae. It is native to Japan and Taiwan.De Grave, S., Shy, J. & Cai, X. 2013''Caridina multidentata''. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013. Downloaded on 14 June 2016. Its ...

'' Stimpson, 1860 *''

Caridina nana ''Caridina'' is a genus of freshwater atyid shrimp. They are widely found in tropical or subtropical water in Asia, Oceania and Africa. They are filter-feeders and omnivorous scavengers. They range from 0.9 to 9.8 mm ('' C. cantonensis'') ...

'' de Mazancourt et al. 2020 *'' Caridina nanaoensis'' Cai & N. K. Ng, 1999 *'' Caridina natalensis'' Bouvier, 1925 *'' Caridina natarajani'' Tiwari & R. S. Pillai, 1968 *'' Caridina neglecta'' Cai & Ng, 2007 *'' Caridina nguyeni'' S.-Q. Li & Liang, 2002 *'' Caridina nilotica'' (Roux, 1833) *'' Caridina norvestica'' Holthuis, 1965 *'' Caridina novaecaledoniae'' Roux, 1926 *''

Caridina nudirostris ''Caridina'' is a genus of freshwater Atyidae, atyid Caridea, shrimp. They are widely found in tropical or subtropical water in Asia, Oceania and Africa. They are filter feeding, filter-feeders and omnivorous scavengers. They range from 0.9 to 9 ...

'' Choy, 1984 *'' Caridina okiamnis'' Richard & Clark, 2009 *'' Caridina okinawa'' Cai & Shokita, 2006 *'' Caridina oligospina'' Liang, Guo & Tang, 1999 *'' Caridina opaensis'' Roux, 1904 *'' Caridina palawanensis'' Cai & Shokita, 2006 *'' Caridina panikkari'' Jalihal, Shenoy & Sankolli, 1984 *''

Caridina papuana ''Caridina'' is a genus of freshwater Atyidae, atyid Caridea, shrimp. They are widely found in tropical or subtropical water in Asia, Oceania and Africa. They are filter feeding, filter-feeders and omnivorous scavengers. They range from 0.9 to 9 ...

'' Nobili, 1905 *'' Caridina paracornuta'' Cai & Yuan, 1996 *'' Caridina pareparensis'' De Man, 1892 *''

Caridina paratypus ''Caridina'' is a genus of freshwater atyid shrimp. They are widely found in tropical or subtropical water in Asia, Oceania and Africa. They are filter-feeders and omnivorous scavengers. They range from 0.9 to 9.8 mm ('' C. cantonensis'') ...

'' de Mazancourt et al. 2020 *'' Caridina parvidentata'' Roux, 1904 *''

Caridina parvirostris ''Caridina'' is a genus of freshwater atyid shrimp. They are widely found in tropical or subtropical water in Asia, Oceania and Africa. They are filter-feeders and omnivorous scavengers. They range from 0.9 to 9.8 mm ('' C. cantonensis'') ...

'' De Man, 1892 *'' Caridina parvocula'' Gurney, 1984 *'' Caridina parvula'' von Rintelen & Cai, 2009 *'' Caridina paucidentata'' Wang & Liang, 2005 *'' Caridina paucidentata'' L.-Q. Wang & Liang, 2005 *''

Caridina pedicultrata ''Caridina'' is a genus of freshwater atyid shrimp. They are widely found in tropical or subtropical water in Asia, Oceania and Africa. They are filter-feeders and omnivorous scavengers. They range from 0.9 to 9.8 mm ('' C. cantonensis'') ...

'' Guo & Choy, 1994 *'' Caridina peninsularis'' Kemp, 1918 *'' Caridina petiti'' Roux, 1929 *'' Caridina pingi'' Yü, 1938 *'' Caridina pingioides'' Yü, 1938 *''

Caridina piokerai ''Caridina'' is a genus of freshwater atyid shrimp. They are widely found in tropical or subtropical water in Asia, Oceania and Africa. They are filter-feeders and omnivorous scavengers. They range from 0.9 to 9.8 mm ('' C. cantonensis'') ...

'' de Mazancourt et al. 2020 *''

Caridina pisuku ''Caridina'' is a genus of freshwater atyid shrimp. They are widely found in tropical or subtropical water in Asia, Oceania and Africa. They are filter-feeders and omnivorous scavengers. They range from 0.9 to 9.8 mm ('' C. cantonensis'') ...

'' de Mazancourt et al. 2020 *''

Caridina plicata ''Caridina'' is a genus of freshwater atyid shrimp. They are widely found in tropical or subtropical water in Asia, Oceania and Africa. They are filter-feeders and omnivorous scavengers. They range from 0.9 to 9.8 mm ('' C. cantonensis'') ...

'' Liang, 2004 *''

Caridina poarae ''Caridina'' is a genus of freshwater atyid shrimp. They are widely found in tropical or subtropical water in Asia, Oceania and Africa. They are filter-feeders and omnivorous scavengers. They range from 0.9 to 9.8 mm ('' C. cantonensis'') ...

'' de Mazancourt et al. 2020 *'' Caridina poso'' Klotz, Wowor & von Rintelen, 2021 *'' Caridina prashadi'' Tiwari & R. S. Pillai, 1971 *'' Caridina pristis'' Roux, 1931 *'' Caridina profundicola'' von Rintelen & Cai, 2009 *'' Caridina propinqua'' De Man, 1908 *''

Caridina pseudodenticulata ''Caridina'' is a genus of freshwater atyid shrimp. They are widely found in tropical or subtropical water in Asia, Oceania and Africa. They are filter-feeders and omnivorous scavengers. They range from 0.9 to 9.8 mm ('' C. cantonensis'') ...

'' Hung, Chan & Yu, 1993 *'' Caridina pseudonilotica'' Richard & Clark, 2005 *''

Caridina pseudoserrata ''Caridina'' is a genus of freshwater atyid shrimp. They are widely found in tropical or subtropical water in Asia, Oceania and Africa. They are filter-feeders and omnivorous scavengers. They range from 0.9 to 9.8 mm ('' C. cantonensis'') ...

'' Đăng & Ðỗ, 2007 *''

Caridina qingyuanensis ''Caridina'' is a genus of freshwater atyid shrimp. They are widely found in tropical or subtropical water in Asia, Oceania and Africa. They are filter-feeders and omnivorous scavengers. They range from 0.9 to 9.8 mm ('' C. cantonensis'') ...

'' Guo & He, 2007 *'' Caridina rajadhari'' Bouvier, 1918 *'' Caridina rangoona'' Cai & Ng, 2000 *'' Caridina rapaensis'' Edmondson, 1935 *'' Caridina richtersi'' Thallwitz, 1892 *'' Caridina roubaudi'' Bouvier, 1925 *'' Caridina rouxi'' De Man, 1915 *'' Caridina rubella'' Fujino & Shokita, 1975 *'' Caridina rubropunctata'' Đăng & Ðỗ, 2007 *'' Caridina samar'' Cai & Anker, 2004 *'' Caridina sarasinorum'' Schenkel, 1902 *'' Caridina schenkeli'' von Rintelen & Cai, 2009 *'' Caridina semiblepsia'' Guo, Choy & Gui, 1996 *''

Caridina serrata ''Caridina'' is a genus of freshwater atyid shrimp. They are widely found in tropical or subtropical water in Asia, Oceania and Africa. They are filter-feeders and omnivorous scavengers. They range from 0.9 to 9.8 mm ('' C. cantonensis'') ...

'' Stimpson, 1860 *'' Caridina serratirostris'' De Man, 1892 *'' Caridina shenoyi'' Jalihal & Sankolli ''in'' Jalihal, Shenoy & Sankolli, 1984 *''

Caridina sikipozo ''Caridina'' is a genus of freshwater atyid shrimp. They are widely found in tropical or subtropical water in Asia, Oceania and Africa. They are filter-feeders and omnivorous scavengers. They range from 0.9 to 9.8 mm ('' C. cantonensis'') ...

'' de Mazancourt et al. 2020 *'' Caridina shilinica'' Liang & Cai, 2000 *'' Caridina similis'' Bouvier, 1904 *'' Caridina simoni'' Bouvier, 1904 *''

Caridina sinanensis ''Caridina'' is a genus of freshwater atyid shrimp. They are widely found in tropical or subtropical water in Asia, Oceania and Africa. They are filter-feeders and omnivorous scavengers. They range from 0.9 to 9.8 mm ('' C. cantonensis'') ...

'' Xu, Li, Zheng & Guo, 2020 *'' Caridina sodenensis'' Richard & Clark, 2009 *''

Caridina solearipes ''Caridina'' is a genus of freshwater atyid shrimp. They are widely found in tropical or subtropical water in Asia, Oceania and Africa. They are filter-feeders and omnivorous scavengers. They range from 0.9 to 9.8 mm ('' C. cantonensis'') ...

'' Guo & De Grave, 1997 *'' Caridina songtaoensis'' Liang, 2004 *'' Caridina spathulirostris'' Richters, 1880 *''

Caridina spelunca ''Caridina'' is a genus of freshwater atyid shrimp. They are widely found in tropical or subtropical water in Asia, Oceania and Africa. They are filter-feeders and omnivorous scavengers. They range from 0.9 to 9.8 mm ('' C. cantonensis'') ...

'' Choy, 1996 *'' Caridina sphyrapoda'' Liang & Zhou, 1993 *'' Caridina spinalifrons'' Guo & De Grave, 1997 *'' Caridina spinata'' Woltereck, 1937 *'' Caridina spinipoda'' Liang, Hong & Yang, 1990 *'' Caridina spinosipes'' Liang, Guo & Tang, 1999 *'' Caridina spinula'' Choy & Marshall, 1997 *''

Caridina spongicola ''Caridina spongicola'' is a small species of freshwater shrimp from Sulawesi (Indonesia) that reaches in length. In the wild it strictly lives on an undescribed species of freshwater sponge, making it one of only two known commensal species of ...

'' Zitzler & Cai, 2006 *'' Caridina steineri'' Cai, 2005 *''

Caridina striata ''Caridina striata'' is a freshwater shrimp from Sulawesi. It is endemic to Lake Poso and Lake Towuti. Common names in the aquarium hobby are red line shrimp and red stripe shrimp. It is commonly found on rocky substrates. Threats It is currentl ...

'' von Rintelen & Cai, 2009 *''

Caridina subventralis ''Caridina'' is a genus of freshwater atyid shrimp. They are widely found in tropical or subtropical water in Asia, Oceania and Africa. They are filter-feeders and omnivorous scavengers. They range from 0.9 to 9.8 mm ('' C. cantonensis'') ...

'' Richard & Clark, 2005 *'' Caridina sulawesi'' Cai & Ng, 2009 *'' Caridina sumatianica'' Cai & Yuan, 1996 *'' Caridina sumatrensis'' De Man, 1892 *'' Caridina sundanella'' Holthuis, 1978 *'' Caridina susuruflabra'' Richard & Clark, 2009 *'' Caridina temasek'' Choy & Ng, 1991 *'' Caridina tenuirostris'' Woltereck, 1937 *''

Caridina tetrazona ''Caridina tetrazona'' is a species of freshwater shrimp native to the Wanshan islands in Guangdong Province, southern China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, ...

'' Chen, Chen, & Guo, 2020 *'' Caridina thambipillai'' Johnson, 1961 *'' Caridina thermophila'' Riek, 1953 *'' Caridina thomasi'' von Rintelen, Karge & Klotz, 2008 *'' Caridina timorensis'' De Man, 1893 *'' Caridina togoensis'' Hilgendorf, 1893 *'' Caridina tonkinensis'' Bouvier, 1919 *''

Caridina trifasciata ''Caridina'' is a genus of freshwater atyid shrimp. They are widely found in tropical or subtropical water in Asia, Oceania and Africa. They are filter-feeders and omnivorous scavengers. They range from 0.9 to 9.8 mm ('' C. cantonensis'') ...

'' Yam & Cai, 2003 *'' Caridina troglodytes'' Holthuis, 1978 *'' Caridina troglophila'' Holthuis, 1965 *'' Caridina tumida'' L. Wang, Liang & F. Li, 2008 *''

Caridina tupaia ''Caridina'' is a genus of freshwater atyid shrimp. They are widely found in tropical or subtropical water in Asia, Oceania and Africa. They are filter-feeders and omnivorous scavengers. They range from 0.9 to 9.8 mm ('' C. cantonensis'') ...

'' de Mazancourt, Marquet & Keith, 2019 *''

Caridina turipi ''Caridina'' is a genus of freshwater atyid shrimp. They are widely found in tropical or subtropical water in Asia, Oceania and Africa. They are filter-feeders and omnivorous scavengers. They range from 0.9 to 9.8 mm ('' C. cantonensis'') ...

'' de Mazancourt et al. 2020 *''

Caridina typus ''Caridina typus'', also known as the Australian Amano shrimp, is a species of amphidromous Fish migration is mass relocation by fish from one area or body of water to another. Many types of fish migrate on a regular basis, on time scales r ...

'' H. Milne-Edwards, 1837 *'' Caridina uminensis'' Đăng & Ðỗ, 2007 *'' Caridina umtatensis'' Richard & Clark, 2009 *'' Caridina unca'' Gurney, 1984 *'' Caridina valencia'' Cai, Choy & Ng, 2009 *''

Caridina venusta ''Caridina'' is a genus of freshwater Atyidae, atyid Caridea, shrimp. They are widely found in tropical or subtropical water in Asia, Oceania and Africa. They are filter feeding, filter-feeders and omnivorous scavengers. They range from 0.9 to 9 ...

'' L. Wang, Liang & F. Li, 2008 *'' Caridina vietriensis'' Đăng & Ðỗ, 2007 *'' Caridina villadolidi'' Blanco, 1939 *''

Caridina vitiensis ''Caridina'' is a genus of freshwater atyid shrimp. They are widely found in tropical or subtropical water in Asia, Oceania and Africa. They are filter-feeders and omnivorous scavengers. They range from 0.9 to 9.8 mm ('' C. cantonensis'') ...

'' Borradaile, 1899 *'' Caridina weberi'' De Man, 1892 *''

Caridina williamsi ''Caridina'' is a genus of freshwater atyid shrimp. They are widely found in tropical or subtropical water in Asia, Oceania and Africa. They are filter-feeders and omnivorous scavengers. They range from 0.9 to 9.8 mm ('' C. cantonensis'') ...

'' Cai & Ng, 2000 *''

Caridina woltereckae ''Caridina woltereckae'', or Sulawesi harlequin shrimp as it is commonly known in the aquarium hobby, is a freshwater shrimp from Sulawesi Sulawesi ( ), also known as Celebes ( ), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Isla ...

'' Cai, Wowor & Choy, 2009 *''

Caridina wumingensis ''Caridina'' is a genus of freshwater atyid shrimp. They are widely found in tropical or subtropical water in Asia, Oceania and Africa. They are filter-feeders and omnivorous scavengers. They range from 0.9 to 9.8 mm ('' C. cantonensis'') ...

'' Cai & N. K. Ng, 1999 *'' Caridina wyckii'' (Hickson, 1888) *'' Caridina xiangnanensis'' X.-Y. Liu, Guo & Yu, 2006 *'' Caridina xiphias'' Bouvier, 1925 *''

Caridina yilong ''Caridina yilong'' is a species of freshwater shrimp in the family Atyidae. ''C. yilong'' was described from Lake Yilong (Yilong Hu) in Yunnan, China, and was believed to be endemic to the margins of the lake among fringing vegetation. Only the ...

'' Cai & Liang, 1999 *'' Caridina yulinica'' Cai & N. K. Ng, 1999 *'' Caridina yunnanensis'' Yü, 1938 *'' Caridina zebra'' Short, 1993 *'' Caridina zeylanica'' Arudpragasam & Costa, 1962 *'' Caridina zhejiangensis'' Liang & Zheng, 1985 *'' Caridina zhongshanica'' Liang, 2004 A number of

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studies have questioned the

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of ''Caridina''.

Threats and Conservation

As of March 2023, the IUCN Red List lists 56 ''Caridina'' species as threatened, with 18 listed as critically endangered, 5 listed as endangered, and 33 listed as vulnerable. Of these, two (''

'' and ''

'') are listed as possibly extinct and one ('' Caridina dennerli'') is listed as possibly extinct in the wild.

References

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