Caridina profundicola

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Caridina profundicola
File:Caridina profundicola.png
living specimen of Caridina profundicola
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. profundicola
Binomial name
Caridina profundicola
von Rintelen & Cai, 2009[2]

Caridina profundicola is species of fresh water shrimp endemic to Lake Towuti on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.[2]

Habitat and ecology

C. profundicola is found in deep (roughly three meters or deeper) parts of lake Towuti, where it lives between submerged bolders and is often found with Caridina spinata.[2]

Threats

Like many of the shrimp from the lakes of Sulawesi, C. profundicola faces a number of threats, including non-native predators, pollution, and the damning of waterways for hydroelectric power.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 von Rintelen, K. (2019). "Caridina profundicola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T197653A139141151. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T197653A139141151.en. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 von Rintelen, K.; Cai, Y. (2009). "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). 57 (2): 343–452. Retrieved 1 February 2023. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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