| Caridina | |
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| Caridina multidentata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Caridea |
| Family: | Atyidae |
| Genus: | Caridina H. Milne-Edwards, 1837[1] |
| Species | |
Caridina is a genus of freshwater atyid shrimp. They are widely found in tropical or subtropical water in Asia, Oceania and Africa. They are filter-feeders and omnivorous scavengers. They range from 0.9 to 9.8 mm (C. cantonensis) to 1.2–7.4 mm (C. serrata) in carapace length.
- ^ Milne Edwards, Henri (1837). "Genre CARIDINE. — Caridina". Histoire naturelle des crustacés. Vol. 2. Paris: Libraire encyclopédique de Roret. pp. 362–363.
- ^ "Caridina". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 9 March 2023.