page_title: Caridina
section_title: Taxonomy and species
hierarchical_section_title: Caridina / Taxonomy and species
caption_attribution_description: ヒメヌマエビ, 長崎市 (Caridina serratirostris, Nagasaki, Nagasaki)
context_page_description: Caridina is a genus of freshwater atyid shrimp. They are widely found in tropical or subtropical water in Asia, Oceania and Africa. They are filter-feeders and omnivorous scavengers. They range from 0.9–9.8 mm to 1.2–7.4 mm in carapace length.
context_section_description: There is evidence for hybridization between sympatric taxa, requiring care when interpreting molecular phylogenetic analyses that do not use a large number of specimens. The genus Caridina includes the following species:
  Caridina ablepsia Guo, Jiang & Zhang, 1992
  Caridina acuta Liang, Chen & W.-X. Li, 2005
  Caridina acutirostris Schenkel, 1902
  Caridina africana Kingsley, 1883
  Caridina alba J. Li & S. Li, 2010
  Caridina alphonsi Bouvier, 1919
  Caridina amnicolizambezi Richard & Clark, 2009
  Caridina amoyensis Liang & Yan, 1977
  Caridina angulata Bouvier, 1905
  Caridina angustipes Guo & Liang, 2003
  Caridina anislaq Cai, Choy & Ng, 2009
  Caridina annandalei Kemp, 1918
  Caridina apodosis Cai & N. K. Ng, 1999
  Caridina appendiculata Jalihal & Shenoy, 1998
  Caridina aruensis Roux, 1911
  Caridina bakoensis Ng, 1995
  Caridina bamaensis Liang & Yan, 1983
  Caridina baojingensis Guo, He & Bai, 1992
  Caridina batuan Cai, Choy & Ng, 2009
  Caridina belazoniensis Richard & Clark, 2009
  Caridina boholensis Cai, Choy & Ng, 2009
  Caridina brachydactyla De Man, 1908
  Caridina breviata N. K. Ng & Cai, 2000
  Caridina brevicarpalis De Man, 1892
  Caridina brevispina Liang & Yan, 1986
  Caridina bruneiana Choy, 1992
  Caridina buehleri Roux, 1934
  Caridina buergersi Karge, von Rintelen & Klotz, 2010
  Caridina buhi Cai & Shokita, 2006
  Caridina bunyonyiensis Richard & Clark, 2005
  Caridina burmensis Cai & Ng, 2000
  Caridina caerulea von Rintelen & Cai, 2009
  Caridina calmani Bouvier, 1919
  Caridina camaro Cai, Choy & Ng, 2009
  Caridina cantonensis Yü, 1938
  Caridina caobangensis S.-Q. Li & Liang, 2002
  Caridina carli Roux, 1931
  Caridina cavalerieioides Liu & Liang in Liang, 2004
  Caridina caverna Liang, Chen & W.-X. Li, 2005
  Caridina cavernicola Liang & Zhou, 1993
  Caridina cebuensis Cai & Shokita, 2006
  Caridina celebensis De Man, 1892
  Caridina celestinoi Blanco, 1939
  Caridina chauhani Chopra & Tiwari, 1949
  Caridina chishuiensis Cai & Yuan, 1996
  Caridina clavipes Guo & Liang, 2003
  Caridina clinata Cai, X. Q. Nguyên & Ng, 1999
  Caridina cognata De Man, 1915
  Caridina confusa Choy & Marshall, 1997
  Caridina congoensis Richard & Clark, 2009
  Caridina cornuta Liang & Yan, 1986
  Caridina costai de Silva, 1982
  Caridina crassipes Liang, 1993
  Caridina crurispinata Gurney, 1984
  Caridina cucphuongensis Đăng, 1980
  Caridina curta Liang & Cai, 2000
  Caridina demani Roux, 1911
  Caridina demenica Cai & Li, 1997
  Caridina dennerli von Rintelen & Cai, 2009
  Caridina denticulata
  Caridina dentifrons N. K. Ng & Cai, 2000
  Caridina devaneyi Choy, 1991
  Caridina dianchiensis Liang & Yan, 1985
  Caridina disjuncta Cai & Liang, 1999
  Caridina disparidentata Liang, Yan & Wang, 1984
  Caridina ebuneus Richard & Clark, 2009
  Caridina edulis Bouvier, 1904
  Caridina elisabethae Karge, von Rintelen & Klotz, 2010
  Caridina elliptica Cai & Yuan, 1996
  Caridina elongapoda Liang & Yan, 1977
  Caridina endehensis De Man, 1892
  Caridina ensifera Schenkel, 1902
  Caridina evae Richard & Clark, 2009
  Caridina excavata Kemp, 1913
  Caridina excavatoides Johnson, 1961
  Caridina fasciata Hung, Chan & Yu, 1993
  Caridina fecunda Roux, 1911
  Caridina feixiana Cai & Liang, 1999
  Caridina fernandoi Arudpragasam & Costa, 1962
  Caridina fijiana Choy, 1983
  Caridina flavilineata Đăng, 1975
  Caridina formosae Hung, Chan & Yu, 1993
  Caridina fossarum Heller, 1862
  Caridina gabonensis Roux, 1927
  Caridina ghanensis Richard & Clark, 2009
  Caridina glaubrechti von Rintelen & Cai, 2009
  Caridina glossopoda Liang, Guo & Gao, 1993
  Caridina gordonae Richard & Clark, 2005
  Caridina gortio Cai & Anker, 2004
  Caridina gracilipes De Man, 1892
  Caridina gracilirostris De Man, 1892
  Caridina gracillima Lanchester, 1901
  Caridina grandirostris Stimpson, 1860
  Caridina guangxiensis Liang & Zhou, 1993
  Caridina gueryi Marquet, Keith & Kalfatak, 2009
  Caridina guiyangensis Liang, 2002
  Caridina gurneyi Jalihal, Shenoy & Sankolli, 1984
  Caridina hainanensis Liang & Yan, 1983
  Caridina hanshanensis Tan, 1990
  Caridina harmandi Bouvier, 1906
  Caridina hodgarti Kemp, 1913
  Caridina holthuisi von Rintelen & Cai, 2009
  Caridina hongyanensis Cai & Yuan, 1996
  Caridina hova Nobili, 1905
  Caridina huananensis Li
caption: Caridina serratirostris, a widespread freshwater species from the Indo-Pacific region
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