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.[3]

Caridina nilotica
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. nilotica
Binomial name
Caridina nilotica
(P. Roux, 1833) [2]
Synonyms [2]
  • Pelias niloticus P. Roux, 1833

References edit

  1. ^ De Grave, S. (2013). "Caridina nilotica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T198199A2515570. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T198199A2515570.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Caridina nilotica (P. Roux, 1833)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  3. ^ 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.

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