Caridina woltereckae, or Sulawesi harlequin shrimp as it is commonly known in the aquarium hobby, is a freshwater shrimp from Sulawesi, Indonesia. It is endemic to Lake Towuti.[1] It resembles the smaller and less contrastingly coloured Caridina spongicola, which is endemic to the same lake.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Caridea |
| Family: | Atyidae |
| Genus: | Caridina |
| Species: | C. woltereckae
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| Binomial name | |
| Caridina woltereckae Cai, Wowor & Choy, 2009[2]
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Threats
editIt is found on rocky substrate. It is currently under threat by introduced species like the flowerhorn cichlid, pollution by the human activities and nickel mining and uncontrolled harvesting for the aquarium trade.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c von Rintelen, K.; Wowor, D.; Klotz, W. (2019). "Caridina woltereckae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T197697A139141832. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T197697A139141832.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ WoRMS (2018). Caridina woltereckae Cai, Wowor & Choy, 2009. marinespecies.org
- ^ von Rintelen, K. & Cai, Y. (2009). "Radiation of endemic species flocks in ancient lakes: Systematic revision of the freshwater shrimp Caridina H. Milne Edawrds, 1837 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Atyidae) from the ancient lakes of Sulawesi, Indonesia, with the description of eight new species". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 57: 343–352.
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