Caridina apodosis

Caridina apodosis is a species of freshwater shrimp in the family Atyidae endemic to a mountain stream near the village of Tai Tong, China. Caridina apodosis is known from only the type series, collected in 1994. The exact type locality is unknown, and may be completely overtaken by urban sprawl. Caridina apodosis is assessed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN (ver. 3.1) under criterion B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii) with the caveat 'possibly extinct'. C. apodosis is threatened by extensive water pollution as a result of urbanization, and the type locality may be unsuitable for inhabitance.[1]

Caridina apodosis

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Atyidae
Genus: Caridina
Species:
C. apodosis
Binomial name
Caridina apodosis
Cai & N.K. Ng, 1999

References

  1. "Caridina apodosis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2018-11-01.
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