Golden bee shrimp

Golden bee shrimp
	Crystal red shrimp with eggs
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Infraorder:	Caridea
Family:	Atyidae
Genus:	Caridina
Species:	Caridina cantonensis
Binomial name
	Caridina cantonensis; Yu, 1938

The golden bee shrimp is a species of shrimp found in southern China, including Hong Kong .^[1] It is one of many varieties of Bee shrimp.

Appearance

The shrimp has a white outside shell and the flesh is an orange/golden color. Females are larger than males and the female's eggs are brown. The offspring are the same color as their parents when they emerge from the eggs .^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Rita S. W. Yam & David Dudgeon (2005). "Genetic differentiation of Caridina cantonensis (Decapoda:Atyidae) in Hong Kong streams". Journal of the North American Benthological Society. 24 (4): 845–857. doi:10.1899/05-022.1.
^ Aquatic Community

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[Yam05-1] Rita S. W. Yam & David Dudgeon (2005). "Genetic differentiation of Caridina cantonensis (Decapoda:Atyidae) in Hong Kong streams". Journal of the North American Benthological Society. 24 (4): 845–857. doi:10.1899/05-022.1.

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