Caridina ensifera

Caridina ensifera
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Caridea
Family:	Atyidae
Genus:	Caridina
Species:	C. ensifera
Binomial name
Caridina ensifera Schenkel, 1902 [2]

Caridina ensifera is a freshwater shrimp from Sulawesi. It is one of the 11 species of Caridina endemic to Lake Poso. ^[3] It lives on a variety of substrates, including wood, rocks, sand and macrophytes, but is also found in pelagic swarms. It is suspected to only live in shallow water. ^[4]

References

1. De Grave, S.; Wowor, D.; Klotz, W. (2013). "Caridina ensifera". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013 e.T197967A2506841. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T197967A2506841.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. WoRMS (2018). Caridina ensifera Schenkel, 1902. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=586209 on 2018-04-09
3. Klotz, Werner, et al. "Lake Poso's shrimp fauna revisited: the description of five new species of the genus Caridina (Crustacea, Decapoda, Atyidae) more than doubles the number of endemic lacustrine species." ZooKeys 1009 (2021): 81.
4. De Grave, S.; Wowor, D.; Klotz, W. (2013). "Caridina ensifera". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013 e.T197967A2506841. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T197967A2506841.en . Retrieved 14 January 2021.