Caridina nilotica is a species of freshwater shrimp in the family Atyidae. It is native to Africa from the River Nile in Egypt to Lake Sibaya, South Africa, and is the only species of shrimp in Lake Victoria.[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. nilotica
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| Caridina nilotica (P. Roux, 1833) [2]
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| Synonyms [2] | |
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References
edit- ^ De Grave, S. (2013). "Caridina nilotica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T198199A2515570. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T198199A2515570.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Caridina nilotica (P. Roux, 1833)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ Kees (P. C.) Goudswaard, Frans Witte & Jan H. Wanink (2006). "The shrimp Caridina nilotica in Lake Victoria (East Africa), before and after the Nile perch increase". Hydrobiologia. 563 (1): 31–44. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.632.980. doi:10.1007/s10750-005-1385-9.
External links
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