Caridina gracilirostris | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Caridea |
Family: | Atyidae |
Genus: | Caridina |
Species: | C. gracilirostris
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Binomial name | |
Caridina gracilirostris | |
Synonyms | |
Caridina pseudogracilirostris[2] |
Caridina gracilirostris is a species of brackishwater shrimp belong to genus Caridina in the family Atyidae. It has a wide native range extending from Japan and Fiji through Indonesia to Madagascar.[1] It is an algae-eating species that lives in mangroves and marshes.[3] Its common names include red front shrimp,[4] red rhinoceros shrimp, red nosed phantom shrimp, and needlenose caridina,[5] red nosed shrimp.