Caridina tetrazona

Caridina tetrazona
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Caridea
Family:	Atyidae
Genus:	Caridina
Species:	C. tetrazona
Binomial name
	Caridina tetrazona; Chen, Chen, & Guo, 2020

Caridina tetrazona is a species of freshwater shrimp native to the Wanshan islands in Guangdong Province, southern China.^[1] It was described from specimens collected on Dawanshan Island, where it is found alongside Caridina serrata. The name 'tetrazona' refers to the four banded color patter found in this species.

Taxonomy edit

A phylogenetic analysis conducted by Chen, Chen, and Guo (2020) found Caridina Tetrazona to be sister to C. serrata, with both of these species closely related to C. trifasciata. ^[1] The tree below is summarized from their analysis:

	C. cantonensis

	C. mariae

	C. serrata

	C. tetrazona

C. trifasciata

	C. lanceifrons

	C. zhujiangensis

C. huananensis

References edit

^ ^a ^b Chen, Qing-Hua; Chen, Wen-Jian; Guo, Zhao-Liang (2020). "Two freshwater shrimp species of the genus Caridina (Decapoda, Caridea, Atyidae) from Dawanshan Island, Guangdong, China, with the description of a new species". ZooKeys (923): 15–32. doi:10.3897/zookeys.923.48593. PMC 7142168. PMID 32292268.

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[Chen2020-1] Chen, Qing-Hua; Chen, Wen-Jian; Guo, Zhao-Liang (2020). "Two freshwater shrimp species of the genus Caridina (Decapoda, Caridea, Atyidae) from Dawanshan Island, Guangdong, China, with the description of a new species". ZooKeys (923): 15–32. doi:10.3897/zookeys.923.48593. PMC 7142168. PMID 32292268.

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