Caridina ensifera

Caridina ensifera is a freshwater shrimp from Sulawesi. It is one of the 11 species of Caridina endemic to Lake Poso.[3] It lives on a variety of substrates, including wood, rocks, sand and macrophytes, but is also found in pelagic swarms. It is suspected to only live in shallow water.[4]

Caridina ensifera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Atyidae
Genus: Caridina
Species:
C. ensifera
Binomial name
Caridina ensifera
Schenkel, 1902[2]

References

  1. De Grave, S.; Wowor, D.; Klotz, W. (2013). "Caridina ensifera". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T197967A2506841. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T197967A2506841.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. WoRMS (2018). Caridina ensifera Schenkel, 1902. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=586209 on 2018-04-09
  3. Klotz, Werner, et al. "Lake Poso's shrimp fauna revisited: the description of five new species of the genus Caridina (Crustacea, Decapoda, Atyidae) more than doubles the number of endemic lacustrine species." ZooKeys 1009 (2021): 81.
  4. De Grave, S.; Wowor, D.; Klotz, W. (2013). "Caridina ensifera". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T197967A2506841. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T197967A2506841.en. Retrieved 14 January 2021.


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