Caridina tetrazona
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Caridea |
| Family: | Atyidae |
| Genus: | Caridina |
| Species: | C. tetrazona
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| Binomial name | |
| Caridina tetrazona Chen, Chen, & Guo, 2020
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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:
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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. Bibcode:2020ZooK..923...15C. doi:10.3897/zookeys.923.48593. PMC 7142168. PMID 32292268.