Kauaʻi record · KCA-CR-000085
Freshwater shrimp
Neocaridina denticulata
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About Freshwater shrimp
Neocaridina denticulata is a decapod crustacean in the family Atyidae. Its current scientific name is cited as Neocaridina denticulata (De Haan, 1844). Published Kauaʻi evidence documents the species from Kauaʻi freshwater systems. Evidence types include island checklist. These records establish a documented Kauaʻi occurrence but are not automatically interpreted as a present-day abundance estimate. The documented Kauaʻi habitat context includes freshwater. Current island persistence, abundance, and population trend were not established by the occurrence material used for this record. The available Kauaʻi evidence does not support adding island-specific claims about diet, reproduction, behavior, population size, or trend unless those points are stated in the cited sources, so they are not inferred here. Keeping the accepted taxonomic concept together with the dated occurrence evidence allows later surveys to distinguish historical documentation from contemporary status.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Neocaridina denticulata
- Common names
- Freshwater shrimp
- Hawaiian names
- ʻŌpae
- Other names
- Neocaridina denticulata · crustacean · crustaceans · shrimp · shrimps · ʻŌpae
- Family
- Atyidae
- Order
- Decapoda
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- confirmed by published Kauaʻi occurrence evidence
- Origin
- Origin not yet resolved
- Conservation status
- Not assessed
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal description
- Neocaridina denticulata (Neocaridina denticulata) is a confirmed Kauaʻi crustacean species documented from Kauaʻi freshwater systems. The occurrence is retained with its source date and status so historical evidence is not presented as a current population estimate.