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Caridina profundicola

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Caridina profundicola
living specimen of Caridina profundicola
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. profundicola
Binomial name
Caridina profundicola
von Rintelen & Cai, 2009[2]

Caridina profundicola is species of fresh water shrimp endemic to Lake Towuti on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.[2]

Habitat and ecology

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C. profundicola is found in deep (roughly three meters or deeper) parts of lake Towuti, where it lives between submerged bolders and is often found with Caridina spinata.[2]

Threats

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Like many of the shrimp from the lakes of Sulawesi, C. profundicola faces a number of threats, including non-native predators, pollution, and the damning of waterways for hydroelectric power.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b von Rintelen, K. (2019). "Caridina profundicola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T197653A139141151. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T197653A139141151.en. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  2. ^ a b c 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)