Classification and published species name
Caridina apodosis — formally described 1999
Picture-style taxon evidence tree
Wild distribution context
Hong Kong
Diagnosis and study methods
Listed in 2026 background as one of the historically recorded Hong Kong landlocked serrata-group Caridina.
Taxonomic history and relationships
Illustrates scientific biodiversity beyond the more visible ornamental Bee/Tiger marketplace.
Aquarium trade and false look-alikes
No founding cross into designer aquarium shrimp is established.
Controlled breeding outcome counts
Not a controlled ornamental-breeding study
Molecular color gene evidence
No peer-reviewed commercial color locus assigned to this name by cited taxonomic sources
Conservation / handling caveat
Research identification of a wild species is not a commercial availability announcement. Avoid collecting, purchasing undocumented wild specimens or inferring permissive collecting regulations.
Claim-level original references
- Chow, Chan, Leung & Tsang (2026), three cryptic Hong Kong Caridina
Peer-reviewed original integrative taxonomy, COI and 16S mitochondrial sequences; includes three new species and a nonmonophyly finding