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

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

^ ^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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