Caridina nilotica
| Caridina nilotica | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Caridea |
| Family: | Atyidae |
| Genus: | Caridina |
| Species: | C. nilotica |
| Binomial name | |
| Caridina nilotica (P. Roux, 1833) [1] | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Caridina nilotica is a species of freshwater shrimp in the Atyidae family. 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.[2]
References
- 1 2 "Caridina nilotica (P. Roux, 1833)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ↑ 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. doi:10.1007/s10750-005-1385-9.
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