Caridina loehae

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Caridina loehae
A female carying eggs

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. loehae
Binomial name
Caridina loehae
Woltereck, 1937[2]

Caridina loehae is a freshwater shrimp from Sulawesi. It is known as mini blue bee and orange delight shrimp in the aquarium trade. It is endemic to the Malili lake system. It lives on rocky substrates at a maximal depth of 5 metres.[1]

Threats

This species is currently under threat by pollution from human activities and a nickel mine and introduced fish like the flowerhorn cichlid and pacu.[1]

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