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Caridina apodosis Cai & N.K. Ng, 1999

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: 1994 (De Grave, 2013; De Grave et al., 2015)

IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)

 

Distribution

mountain stream near Tai Tong village, New Territories, Hong Kong

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Cai, Y. and Ng, P.K.L. (1999). A revision of the Caridina serrata species group, with descriptions of five new species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea: Atyidae). Journal of Natural History 33: 1603-1638.

 

Other references:

De Grave, S. (2013). Caridina apodosis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 29 March 2015.

De Grave S, Smith KG, Adeler NA, Allen DJ, Alvarez F, Anker A, et al. (2015). Dead Shrimp Blues: A Global Assessment of Extinction Risk in Freshwater Shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea). PLoS ONE 10(3): e0120198.

http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/19304/caridina-apodosis

 

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