| Caridina glaubrechti | |
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| living specimen of Caridina glaubrechti | |
| Conservation status | |
 Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1) | |
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. glaubrechti |
| Binomial name | |
| Caridina glaubrechti von Rintelen & Cai, 2009 | |
Caridina glaubrechti is species of lacustrine fresh water shrimp endemic to western part of Lake Towuti on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. It is named in honor of German Zoologist Matthias Glaubrecht.
Habitat and Ecology
C. glaubrechti is mainly found in shallow regions where it dwells on rocks and hard substrate. It is syntopic with Caridina profundicola, Caridina spinata, Caridina striata, and Caridina woltereckae.
Threats
Like many of the shrimp from the lakes of Sulawesi, C. glaubrechti faces a number of threats, including non-native predators, pollution, and the damning of waterways for hydroelectric power.
References
- ^ von Rintelen, K.; Wowor, D.; Klotz, W. (2019). "Caridina glaubrechti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T198079A139139922. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T198079A139139922.en. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
- WoRMS (2023). "Caridina glaubrechti von Rintelen & Cai, 2009". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
- ^ von Rintelen, K.; Cai, Y. (2009). "RADIATION OF ENDEMIC SPECIES FLOCKS IN ANCIENT LAKES: SYSTEMATIC REVISION OF THE FRESHWATER SHRIMP CARIDINA H. MILNE EDWARDS, 1837 (CRUSTACEA: DECAPODA: ATYIDAE) FROM THE ANCIENT LAKES OF SULAWESI, INDONESIA, WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF EIGHT NEW SPECIES" (PDF). 57 (2): 343–452. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
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