What is "caridina"

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, 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.

There is evidence for hybridization between sympatric taxa, requiring care when interpreting molecular phylogenetic analyses that do not use a large number of specimens. It 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 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 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 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 masapi Woltereck, 1937
• Caridina mathiassi Silas & Jayachandran, 2010
• Caridina mauritii Bouvier, 1912
• 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 (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 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 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 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 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 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