''Caridina'' is a

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of freshwater atyid shrimp. They are widely found in tropical or subtropical water in

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and

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. They are filter-feeders and

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

Taxonomy and species

There is evidence for hybridization between sympatric

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, requiring care when interpreting molecular phylogenetic analyses that do not use a large number of specimens. The genus ''Caridina'' includes the following species: *'' Caridina ablepsia'' Guo, Jiang & Zhang, 1992 *'' Caridina acuta'' Liang, Chen & W.-X. Li, 2005 *'' Caridina acutirostris'' Schenkel, 1902 *'' Caridina africana'' Kingsley, 1883 *'' Caridina alba'' 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'' Cai & N. K. Ng, 1999 *'' Caridina appendiculata'' Jalihal & Shenoy, 1998 *'' Caridina aruensis'' Roux, 1911 *'' Caridina bakoensis'' Ng, 1995 *'' Caridina bamaensis'' Liang & Yan, 1983 *'' Caridina baojingensis'' Guo, He & Bai, 1992 *'' Caridina batuan'' Cai, Choy & Ng, 2009 *'' Caridina belazoniensis'' Richard & Clark, 2009 *'' Caridina boholensis'' Cai, Choy & Ng, 2009 *'' Caridina brachydactyla'' De Man, 1908 *'' Caridina breviata'' N. K. Ng & Cai, 2000 *'' Caridina brevicarpalis'' De Man, 1892 *'' Caridina brevispina'' Liang & Yan, 1986 *'' Caridina bruneiana'' Choy, 1992 *'' Caridina buehleri'' Roux, 1934 *'' Caridina buergersi'' Karge, von Rintelen & Klotz, 2010 *'' Caridina buhi'' Cai & Shokita, 2006 *'' Caridina bunyonyiensis'' Richard & Clark, 2005 *'' Caridina burmensis'' Cai & Ng, 2000 *'' Caridina caerulea'' von Rintelen & Cai, 2009 *'' Caridina calmani'' Bouvier, 1919 *'' Caridina camaro'' Cai, Choy & Ng, 2009 *'' Caridina cantonensis'' Yü, 1938 *'' 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 chishuiensis'' Cai & Yuan, 1996 *''

Caridina clavipes ''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 0.9–9.8 mm ('' C. cantonensis'') to 1. ...

'' 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'' 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'' Đăng, 1975 *'' Caridina formosae'' Hung, Chan & Yu, 1993 *'' Caridina fossarum'' Heller, 1862 *'' Caridina fusca'' Klotz, Wowor & von Rintelen, 2021 *'' Caridina gabonensis'' 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'' De Man, 1892 *'' Caridina gracillima'' Lanchester, 1901 *'' Caridina grandirostris'' 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'' Liang, 2004 *'' Caridina hubeiensis'' Liang & S.-Q. Li, 1993 *'' Caridina hunanensis'' Liang, Guo & Gao, 1993 *'' Caridina imitatrix'' Holthuis, 1970 *'' 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'' Richard & Chandran, 1994 *'' Caridina laevis'' Heller, 1862 *'' Caridina lamiana'' Holthuis, 1965 *'' Caridina lanceifrons'' Yu, 1936 *'' Caridina lanceolata'' Woltereck, 1937 *'' Caridina lanzana'' Holthuis, 1980 *'' Caridina laoagensis'' Blanco, 1939 *'' Caridina leclerci'' Cai & Ng, 2009 *'' Caridina leucosticta'' Stimpson, 1860 *'' Caridina leytensis'' 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 mahalona'' Cai, Wowor & Choy, 2009 *'' Caridina malawensis'' Richard & Clark, 2009 *'' Caridina malayensis'' Cai, Ng & Choy, 2007 *'' 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'' Guo & Suzuki, 1996 *'' Caridina menghaiensis'' Cai & Dai, 1999 *'' Caridina meridionalis'' 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'' Stimpson, 1860 *'' 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 ''Caridina nilotica'' is a species of freshwater shrimp in the family Atyidae. It is native to Africa from the River Nile in Egypt to Lake Sibaya, South Africa, and is the only species of shrimp in Lake Victoria Lake Victoria is one of th ...

'' (Roux, 1833) *'' Caridina norvestica'' Holthuis, 1965 *'' Caridina novaecaledoniae'' Roux, 1926 *'' Caridina nudirostris'' 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'' Nobili, 1905 *'' Caridina paracornuta'' Cai & Yuan, 1996 *'' Caridina pareparensis'' De Man, 1892 *'' Caridina parvidentata'' Roux, 1904 *'' Caridina parvirostris'' 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'' Guo & Choy, 1994 *'' Caridina peninsularis'' Kemp, 1918 *'' Caridina petiti'' Roux, 1929 *'' Caridina pingi'' Yü, 1938 *'' Caridina pingioides'' Yü, 1938 *'' Caridina plicata'' Liang, 2004 *'' 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'' Hung, Chan & Yu, 1993 *'' Caridina pseudonilotica'' Richard & Clark, 2005 *'' Caridina pseudoserrata'' Đăng & Ðỗ, 2007 *'' Caridina qingyuanensis'' 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 0.9–9.8 mm ('' C. cantonensis'') to ...

'' Stimpson, 1860 *'' Caridina serratirostris'' De Man, 1892 *'' Caridina shenoyi'' Jalihal & Sankolli ''in'' Jalihal, Shenoy & Sankolli, 1984 *'' Caridina shilinica'' Liang & Cai, 2000 *'' Caridina similis'' Bouvier, 1904 *'' Caridina simoni'' Bouvier, 1904 *'' Caridina sinanensis'' Xu, Li, Zheng & Guo, 2020 *'' Caridina sodenensis'' Richard & Clark, 2009 *'' Caridina solearipes'' Guo & De Grave, 1997 *'' Caridina songtaoensis'' Liang, 2004 *'' Caridina spathulirostris'' Richters, 1880 *'' Caridina spelunca'' 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 Atyidae, 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 sp ...

'' Zitzler & Cai, 2006 *'' Caridina steineri'' Cai, 2005 *'' Caridina striata'' von Rintelen & Cai, 2009 *'' Caridina subventralis'' 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 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'' Yam & Cai, 2003 *'' Caridina troglodytes'' Holthuis, 1978 *'' Caridina troglophila'' Holthuis, 1965 *'' Caridina tumida'' L. Wang, Liang & F. Li, 2008 *'' Caridina typus'' 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'' L. Wang, Liang & F. Li, 2008 *'' Caridina vietriensis'' Đăng & Ðỗ, 2007 *'' Caridina villadolidi'' Blanco, 1939 *'' Caridina vitiensis'' Borradaile, 1899 *'' Caridina weberi'' De Man, 1892 *'' Caridina williamsi'' Cai & Ng, 2000 *'' Caridina woltereckae'' Cai, Wowor & Choy, 2009 *'' Caridina wumingensis'' 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

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