Decanet taxon details
Caridina africana Kingsley, 1883
240818 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:240818)
accepted
Species
Caridina africana f. typica Bouvier, 1925 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Caridina susuroflabra Richard & Clark, 2009 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Caridina wyckii var. paucipara Weber, 1897 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Forma Caridina africana f. aegyptiaca Bouvier, 1925 accepted as Caridina togoensis Hilgendorf, 1893 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Forma Caridina africana f. brevis Roth-Woltereck, 1984 (unaccepted > unavailable name, unavailable under Art. 15.2)
- Forma Caridina africana f. decorsei Bouvier, 1904 accepted as Caridina togoensis Hilgendorf, 1893 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Forma Caridina africana f. longa Roth-Woltereck, 1984 (unaccepted > unavailable name, unavailable under Art. 15.2)
- Forma Caridina africana f. natalensis Bouvier, 1925 accepted as Elephantis jaggeri Klotz & De Grave, 2015 (unaccepted > junior homonym)
- Forma Caridina africana f. roubaudi Bouvier, 1925 accepted as Caridina roubaudi Bouvier, 1925 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Forma Caridina africana f. typica Bouvier, 1925 accepted as Caridina africana Kingsley, 1883 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
- Subspecies Caridina africana nigerdeltae Roth-Woltereck, 1984 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
recent only
Kingsley, J.S. (1883). Carcinological Notes; Number V. <em>Bulletin of the Essex Institute.</em> 14: 105-132, pls. 1-2. [details] 
(of Caridina africana f. typica Bouvier, 1925) Bouvier, E.-L. (1925). Recherches sur la morphologie, les variations et la distribution systématique des crevettes d'eau douce de la famille des Atyidés. <em>Encyclopédie Entomologique.</em> 4: 1-365. [details] Available for editors
(of Caridina africana f. typica Bouvier, 1925) Bouvier, E.-L. (1925). Recherches sur la morphologie, les variations et la distribution systématique des crevettes d'eau douce de la famille des Atyidés. <em>Encyclopédie Entomologique.</em> 4: 1-365. [details] Available for editors
Type locality contained in Natal
type locality contained in Natal (origin: native) [details]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Caridina africana Kingsley, 1883. Accessed at: https://decanet.info/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=240818 on 2025-09-12
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original description
Kingsley, J.S. (1883). Carcinological Notes; Number V. <em>Bulletin of the Essex Institute.</em> 14: 105-132, pls. 1-2. [details]
original description (of Caridina africana f. typica Bouvier, 1925) Bouvier, E.-L. (1925). Recherches sur la morphologie, les variations et la distribution systématique des crevettes d'eau douce de la famille des Atyidés. <em>Encyclopédie Entomologique.</em> 4: 1-365. [details] Available for editors
original description (of Caridina wyckii var. paucipara Weber, 1897) Weber, M. (1897). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Fauna von Süd-Afrika. Ergebnisse einer Reise von Prof. Max Weber im Jahre 1894. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abtheilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Thiere.</em> 10: 135-200, pl. 15. [details]
original description (of Caridina susuroflabra Richard & Clark, 2009) Richard, J.; Clark, P.F. (2009). African <i>Caridina</i> (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea: Atyidae): redescriptions of <i>C. africana</i> Kingsley, 1882, <i>C. togoensis</i> Hilgendorf, 1893, <i>C. natalensis</i> Bouvier, 1925 and <i>C. roubaudi</i> Bouvier, 1925 with descriptions of 14 new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1995: 1-75. [details] Available for editors
basis of record De Grave, S.; Fransen, C.H.J.M. (2011). Carideorum catalogus: the recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). <em>Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden.</em> 85(9): 195-589. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Caridina africana f. typica Bouvier, 1925) Bouvier, E.-L. (1925). Recherches sur la morphologie, les variations et la distribution systématique des crevettes d'eau douce de la famille des Atyidés. <em>Encyclopédie Entomologique.</em> 4: 1-365. [details] Available for editors
original description (of Caridina wyckii var. paucipara Weber, 1897) Weber, M. (1897). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Fauna von Süd-Afrika. Ergebnisse einer Reise von Prof. Max Weber im Jahre 1894. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abtheilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Thiere.</em> 10: 135-200, pl. 15. [details]
original description (of Caridina susuroflabra Richard & Clark, 2009) Richard, J.; Clark, P.F. (2009). African <i>Caridina</i> (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea: Atyidae): redescriptions of <i>C. africana</i> Kingsley, 1882, <i>C. togoensis</i> Hilgendorf, 1893, <i>C. natalensis</i> Bouvier, 1925 and <i>C. roubaudi</i> Bouvier, 1925 with descriptions of 14 new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1995: 1-75. [details] Available for editors
basis of record De Grave, S.; Fransen, C.H.J.M. (2011). Carideorum catalogus: the recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). <em>Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden.</em> 85(9): 195-589. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | African caridina | [details] |
| French | saltarelle africaine | [details] |
| Spanish | caridina africana | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (25 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Caridina africana)
To GenBank (83 nucleotides; 49 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient) (from synonym Caridina susuroflabra Richard & Clark, 2009)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (3 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Caridina africana)
To GenBank (83 nucleotides; 49 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient) (from synonym Caridina susuroflabra Richard & Clark, 2009)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (3 records)
To ITIS