Caridina glaubrechti

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Caridina glaubrechti
living specimen of Caridina glaubrechti

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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. glaubrechti
Binomial name
Caridina glaubrechti
von Rintelen & Cai, 2009[2]

Caridina glaubrechti is species of

lacustrine fresh water shrimp endemic to western part of Lake Towuti on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.[3] It is named in honor of German Zoologist Matthias Glaubrecht
.

Habitat and Ecology

C. glaubrechti is mainly found in shallow regions where it dwells on rocks and hard substrate.

Threats

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

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