Caridina multidentata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Decapoda Suborder: Pleocyemata Infraorder: Caridea Superfamily: Atyoidea Family: Atyidae Genus: Caridina Species: C. multidentata
Binomial name
Caridina multidentata Stimpson, 1860

Caridina multidentata is a species of shrimp found in the Yamato River area of Japan as well as parts of Korea and Taiwan. It was previously known as Caridina japonica but was renamed Caridina multidentata following a study in 2006 ^[1]. Image File history File links DSCN8033_1. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. ... Animalia redirects here. ... Subphyla and Classes Subphylum Trilobitomorpha Trilobita - trilobites (extinct) Subphylum Chelicerata Arachnida - spiders,scorpions, etc. ... Classes & Subclasses Branchiopoda Phyllopoda Sarsostraca Remipedia Cephalocarida Maxillopoda Thecostraca Tantulocarida Branchiura Pentastomida Mystacocarida Copepoda Ostracoda Myodocopa Podocopa Malacostraca Phyllocarida Hoplocarida Eumalacostraca The crustaceans (Crustacea) are a large group of arthropods, comprising approximately 52,000 described species [1], and are usually treated as a subphylum [2].They include various familiar animals... Subclasses Eumalacostraca Hoplocarida Phyllocarida See text for orders. ... Suborders Dendrobranchiata Pleocyemata See text for superfamilies. ... 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. ... 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. ... Subfamilies & Genera Atyinae Atya (Atyoida, Attya) Caridina Neocaridina Caridellinae Pycnisia Paratyinae Paratya Typhlatyinae Typhlatya Others Antecaridina Atyopsis Edoneus Halocaridina Haminaea Jolivetya Kalriana Paracaridina Syncaris The atyid shrimps (family Atyidae) is a taxon of Caridean shrimp present in all tropical and most temperate waters of the world. ... Subfamilies & Genera Atyinae Atya (Atyoida, Attya) Caridina Neocaridina Caridellinae Pycnisia Paratyinae Paratya Typhlatyinae Typhlatya Others Antecaridina Atyopsis Edoneus Halocaridina Haminaea Jolivetya Kalriana Paracaridina Syncaris The atyid shrimps (family Atyidae) is a taxon of Caridean shrimp present in all tropical and most temperate waters of the world. ... Species See text. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ... William Stimpson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Superfamilies Alpheoidea Atyoidea Bresilioidea Campylonotoidea Crangonoidea Galatheacaridoidea Nematocarcinoidea Oplophoroidea Palaemonoidea Pandaloidea Pasiphaeoidea Procaridoidea Processoidea Psalidopodoidea Stylodactyloidea True shrimp are swimming, decapod crustaceans classified in the infraorder Caridea, found widely around the world in both fresh and salt water. ... Korea (Korean: 한국 or ì¡°ì„ , see below) is a geographic area, civilization, and former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia. ...

According to different sources, Caridina multidentata was introduced into the world of aquaria by Takashi Amano in the early 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. For other uses, see Aquarium (disambiguation). ... Takashi Amano is a photographer , designer and Aquarist. ... The 1980s refers to the years of and between 1980 and 1989. ...

The most important characteristic of Caridina multidentata 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. The dorsal surface has a white stripe that runs from the head to the tail and the eyes are black. A millimetre (American spelling: millimeter, symbol mm) is an SI unit of length that is equal to one thousandth of a metre. ... In anatomy, the dorsum is the upper or back side of an animal, as opposed to the ventrum. ...

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

They are usually used in an aquarium because they feed primarily on algae, thus cleaning the aquarium if in large numbers. A seaweed (Laurencia) up close: the branches are multicellular and only about 1 mm thick. ...

It should be noted that if keeping these shrimp, copper based water additives or medicines should never be used.

Quick facts

• Common names: Amano shrimp, algae-eating shrimp, Yamato shrimp, Japonica, alga shrimp, Japanese swamp/marsh shrimp, Yamamoto shrimp, Yamato Numaebi
• Adult size: 5 cm

Optimal conditions:

• Temperature tolerance: 18 - 27°C, ideal 24°C
• pH: 6 - 7
• Water hardness: 6 - 10 dGh
• Feeding: algae, fish food (flakes, spirulina-based fish food)

Species Spirulina is the common name for human and animal food supplements produced primarily from two species of cyanobacteria: Arthrospira platensis, and These and other Arthrospira species were once classified in the genus Spirulina. ...

See also

• List of freshwater aquarium invertebrate species

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External links

1. ^ Matt Clarke. "Amano shrimp gets new name", Practical Fishkeeping, 2006-09-21.

• The Japanese Suiso Aquarium Network - Everything About Caridina japonica
• www.caridinajaponica.de - German website about the Caridina japonica
• The Aquarium Wiki - An article about Caridina japonica and some pictures.

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