Caridina holthuisi | |
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Living specimen of Caridina holthuisi | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Caridea |
Family: | Atyidae |
Genus: | Caridina |
Species: | C. holthuisi
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Binomial name | |
Caridina holthuisi von Rintelen & Cai, 2009[2]
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Caridina holthuisi is a species of freshwater shrimp in the family Atyidae, endemic to the Malili lake system in Sulawesi, Indonesia. It can be found in Lake Towuti, Lake Matano, and Lake Mahalona, as well as the Petea river.[2] It is named in honour of Dutch carcinologist, Lipke Holthuis.[2]