Caridina glaubrechti

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| image = Caridina_glaubrechti.png

| image_caption = living specimen of Caridina glaubrechti

| status = CR

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref ={{cite iucn |author=von Rintelen, K. |author2=Wowor, D. |author3=Klotz, W. |date=2019 |title=Caridina glaubrechti |volume=2019 |page=e.T198079A139139922 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T198079A139139922.en |access-date=1 February 2023}}

| genus = Caridina

| species = glaubrechti

| authority = von Rintelen & Cai, 2009{{BioRef |WoRMS |title=Caridina glaubrechti von Rintelen & Cai, 2009|year=2023|id=586224|access-date=1 February 2023}}

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Caridina glaubrechti is species of lacustrine fresh water shrimp endemic to western part of Lake Towuti on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.{{cite journal |author=von Rintelen, K. |author2=Cai, Y. |date=2009 |title=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 |volume=57 |issue=2 |pages=343–452 |access-date=1 February 2023 |url=https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/app/uploads/2017/06/57rbz343-452.pdf}} 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.{{cite journal |author=von Rintelen, K. |author2=Cai, Y. |date=2009 |title=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 |volume=57 |issue=2 |pages=343–452 |access-date=1 February 2023 |url=https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/app/uploads/2017/06/57rbz343-452.pdf}} It is syntopic with Caridina profundicola, Caridina spinata, Caridina striata, and Caridina woltereckae.{{cite journal |author=von Rintelen, K. |author2=Cai, Y. |date=2009 |title=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 |volume=57 |issue=2 |pages=343–452 |access-date=1 February 2023 |url=https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/app/uploads/2017/06/57rbz343-452.pdf}}

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.{{cite iucn |author=von Rintelen, K. |author2=Wowor, D. |author3=Klotz, W. |date=2019 |title=Caridina glaubrechti |volume=2019 |page=e.T198079A139139922 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T198079A139139922.en |access-date=1 February 2023}}

References

Category:Crustaceans described in 2009

Category:Atyidae

Category:Endemic freshwater shrimp of Sulawesi