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.[2]

Caridina nilotica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Infraorder:
Caridea
Family:
Atyidae
Genus:
Caridina
Species:
C. nilotica
Binomial name
Caridina nilotica
(P. Roux, 1833) [1]
Synonyms [1]
  • Pelias niloticus P. Roux, 1833

References
  1. "Caridina nilotica (P. Roux, 1833)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. Kees (P. C.) Goudswaard, Frans Witte & Jan H. Wanink (2006). "The shrimp Caridina nilotica in Lake Victoria (East Africa), before and after the Nile perch increase". Hydrobiologia. 563 (1): 31–44. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.632.980. doi:10.1007/s10750-005-1385-9.
  • De Grave, S. 2013. Caridina nilotica. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013. Downloaded on 14 June 2016.


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