Caridina glaubrechti

Caridina glaubrechti
living specimen of Caridina glaubrechti
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
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. ^[3] It is syntopic with Caridina profundicola , Caridina spinata , Caridina striata , and Caridina woltereckae . ^[3]

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]

References

1. von Rintelen, K.; Wowor, D.; Klotz, W. (2019). "Caridina glaubrechti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T198079A139139922. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T198079A139139922.en . Retrieved 1 February 2023.
2. WoRMS (2023). "Caridina glaubrechti von Rintelen & Cai, 2009". World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 1 February 2023.
3. von Rintelen, K.; Cai, Y. (2009). "RADIATION OF ENDEMIC SPECIES FLOCKS IN ANCIENT LAKES: SYSTEMATIC REVISION OF THE FRESHWATER SHRIMP CARIDINA H. MILNE EDWARDS, 1837 (CRUSTACEA: DECAPODA: ATYIDAE) FROM THE ANCIENT LAKES OF SULAWESI, INDONESIA, WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF EIGHT NEW SPECIES" (PDF). 57 (2): 343–452. Retrieved 1 February 2023.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)