Stats

Lifespan

1-2 yrs

Size

Small

Diet

Omnivore

Activity

Cathemeral

Social

Colony

Biome

Freshwater wetland

Range

East Asia

Movement

Swimming

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Camouflage

Status

Rare

About

A tiny freshwater shrimp native to Taiwan, famous in aquariums for the vivid red colour of selectively-bred strains — wild individuals are actually translucent brown. Females develop a visible "saddle" of yellow eggs behind the head before they transfer them to their swimmerets to carry until hatching.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   juvenile

   A juvenile crustacean takes adult form after its larval phase, growing in stages between molts.
2. 2.
   adult

   Fully grown at adult size and full hard shell.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Atyidae

Genus

Neocaridina

Species

Neocaridina davidi