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Encyclopedia > Caridina japonica
Caridina japonica
Japanese swamp shrimp, Caridina japonica. Photo by sannse, April 2004. File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. Click on date to download the file or see the image uploaded on that date. (del) (cur) 21:34, 6...
Scientific classification or biological classification refers to how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. Modern classification has its roots in the system of Carolus Linnaeus, who grouped species according to shared physical characteristics. These groupings have been revised since Linnaeus to improve consistency with the Darwinian... Scientific classification
Kingdom: Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria Placozoa Bilateria Acoelomorpha Orthonectida Rhombozoa ? Myxozoa Superphylum Deuterostomia     Chordata (vertebrates, etc.)     Hemichordata (acorn worms)     Echinodermata    ? Chaetognatha (arrow worms) Superphylum Ecdysozoa     Kinorhyncha     Loricifera    ... Animalia
Phylum: Subphyla and Classes Subphylum Trilobitomorpha Trilobita - Trilobites (extinct) Subphylum Chelicerata Arachnida - Spiders, Scorpions, etc. Merostomata - Horseshoe crabs, etc. Pycnogonida - Sea Spiders Subphylum Myriapoda Chilopoda - Centipedes Diplopoda - Millipedes Pauropoda Symphyla Subphylum Hexapoda Insecta - Insects Order Diplura Order Collembola - Springtails Order Protura Subphylum Crustacea Remipedia Cephalocarida Branchiopoda Ostracoda Mystacocarida Copepoda Branchiura Cirripedia... Arthropoda
Subphylum: Classes Remipedia Cephalocarida Branchiopoda Ostracoda Maxillopoda Malacostraca The crustaceans (Crustacea) are a large group of arthropods (55,000 species), usually treated as a subphylum. They include various familiar animals, such as lobsters, crabs, shrimp and barnacles. They are variously found in marine and freshwater, with a few terrestrial members (such... Crustacea
Class: Orders Not necessarily a complete list: Leptostraca Stomatopoda Bathynellacea Thermosbaenacea Mysidacea Cumacea Amphipoda Isopoda Tanaidacea Euphausiacea Amphionidacea Decapoda Peracarida The Malacostraca are the largest subgroup of crustaceans, and include most of the animals that non-experts recognise as crustaceans, including the decapods (such as crabs, mole crabs, lobsters and true... Malacostraca
Order: Suborders Either suborders: Natantia Reptantia or suborders: Dendrobranchiata Pleocyemata The decapods or Decapoda are a group of crustaceans within the class Malacostraca. They are usually considered to constitute an order, though some authorities may regard them as a subclass or suborder. The decapods include many familiar groups of crustaceans, including... Decapoda
Suborder: Infraorders Caridea Stenopodidea Reptantia, divided into: Polychelida Achelata Glypheoidea Astacidea Thalassinidea Anomala Brachyura Pleocyemata is a sub-order of decapod crustaceans, erected by Martin Burkenroad in 1963. Burkenroads classification replaced the earlier sub-orders of Natantia and Reptantia with the monophyletic groups Dendrobranchiata ( prawns) and Pleocyemata. Pleocyemata contains all... Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Superfamilies Alpheoidea Atyoidea Bresilioidea Campylonotoidea Crangonoidea Galatheacaridoidea Nematocarcinoidea Oplophoroidea Palaemonoidea Pandaloidea Pasiphaeoidea Physetocaridoidea Procaridoidea Processoidea Psalidopodoidea Stylodactyloidea True shrimp are small, swimming, decapod crustaceans classified in the infraorder Caridea, found widely around the world in both fresh and salt water. Taxonomy A number of more or less unrelated crustaceans also... Caridea
Superfamily: Atyoidea
Family: Atyidae
Genus: Caridina
Species: japonica
In biology, binomial nomenclature is a standard convention used for naming species. As the word binomial suggests, the scientific name of a species is formed by the combination of two terms: the genus name and the species epithet or descriptor. The first term (generic name) is always capitalized, while the... Binomial name
Caridina japonica
De Man, 1892 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). Events January-June January 1 - Ellis Island begins accepting immigrants to the United States. January 14 - Death of Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence, second in line heir to the throne of the United Kingdom of Great Britain... 1892

Caridina japonica is a species of Suborders Not necessary complete list: Aristeidae Penaeidae Sergestidae Sicyoniidae Solenoceridae Nematocarcinidae Atyidae Pasiphaeoidae Rhynocinetidae Campylonotidae Palaemonidae Alpheidae Ogyrididae Hippolytidae Proussidae Pandalidae Crangonidae True shrimp are small, swimming, decapod crustaceans usually classified in the suborder Natantia, found widely around the world in both fresh and salt water. Taxonomy A number of... shrimp found in the Yamato is the name of several places, times and things: the dominant Yamato peoples of ancient Japan Yamato, Kanagawa, Japan Yamato, Fukushima, Japan Yamato, Ibaraki, Japan Yamato, Kanagawa, Japan Yamato, Niigata, Japan Yamato, Yamanashi, Japan Yamato, Gifu, Japan (present Gujo) Yamato, Yamaguchi, Japan Yamato, Fukuoka, Japan Yamato, Saga, Japan Yamato... Yamato river area of Official language Japanese Capital Tokyo Largest City Tokyo Emperor Akihito Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 60th 377,835 km² 0.8% Population  - Total ( 2004)  - Density Ranked 10th 127,333,002 337/km² GDP  - Total (PPP, 2005)  - Total (nominal)  ... Japan as well as parts of Korea is a formerly unified country, situated on the Korean Peninsula in northern East Asia, bordering on China to the west and Russia to the north. It is populated by a homogeneous ethnic group, the Koreans. Two countries, the Republic of Korea ( South Korea) and the Democratic Peoples Republic... Korea and For the political entity commonly known as Taiwan, see Republic of China. Map of Taiwan The island of Taiwan (Traditional: 臺灣, Simplified: 台湾, Pinyin: Táiwān, Wade-Giles: Tai-wan, Taiwanese: Tâi-oân) is located off the coast of mainland China in the... Taiwan.


According to different sources, Caridina japonica was introduced into the world of Aquarium is also the name of the Russian band, which is also spelled Akvarium A 335,000 gallon (1.3 million liter) aquarium at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California displaying a simulated kelp forest ecosystem An aquarium (plural aquariums or aquaria) is a clear-sided container (typically constructed of... aquaria by Takashi Amano in the early Millennia: 1st millennium - 2nd millennium - 3rd millennium Events and trends Technology Bulletin board system popularity Popularization of personal computers, Walkmans, VHS videocassette recorders, and compact disc (CD) players Introduction of the IBM PC Home video games become enormously popular, most notably Atari until the market crashes in 1983; the rise... eighties. Takashi Amano is a well known photographer and aquarist. He would have been the first who noticed these shrimps' useful characteristic of eating algae and started using them in his show aquaria.


The most important characteristic of Caridina japonica is the translucent body covered with reddish brown points of ± 0.3 A millimetre (American spelling: millimeter), symbol mm is an SI unit of length that is equal to one thousandth of a metre. 1 mm is equal to: about 0.03937 inches 0.1 cm See 1 E-3 m for comparisons. The level of rainfall is also reported as millimeters... mm on their sides which may look like a broken line of reddish colour. The dorsal surface has a white stripe that runs from the head to the tail and the eyes are black.


Females are easily distinguised from males from the more elongated lower row of dots lining the body.

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Caridina japonica in an Aquarium is also the name of the Russian band, which is also spelled Akvarium A 335,000 gallon (1.3 million liter) aquarium at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California displaying a simulated kelp forest ecosystem An aquarium (plural aquariums or aquaria) is a clear-sided container (typically constructed of... aquarium

Common names: Alga shrimp, Japanese swamp/marsh shrimp, Amano shrimp, Yamamoto shrimp, Yamato Numaebi


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Caridina japonica - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (254 words)
Caridina japonica is a species of shrimp found in the Yamato River area of Japan as well as parts of Korea and Taiwan.
According to different sources, Caridina japonica was introduced into the world of aquaria by Takashi Amano in the early eighties.
The most important characteristic of Caridina japonica is the translucent body covered with reddish brown points of ± 0.3 mm on their sides which may look like a broken line of reddish colour.
Caridina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (158 words)
Caridina is a genus of fresh-water atyid shrimps originating from Taiwan.
Caridina species are all edible, and especially C.
In the aquarium trade, the red and white banded variety is called the crystal red shrimp or red bee shrimp, while the fl and while banded variety is called the diamond shrimp or fl zebra shrimp.
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