Specimen Information

Caridina weberi
(atyid shrimp)
Crustaceans-Shrimp
Exotic

Specimen ID4524
GroupCrustaceans-Shrimp
GenusCaridina
Speciesweberi
Common Nameatyid shrimp
StateHI
CountyHonolulu
LocalityNuuanu Stream on Oahu
Mapping AccuracyApproximate
HUC8 NameOahu
HUC8 Number20060000
HUC10 Number2006000003
Map
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Collection Year1990
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayreleased aquarium
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:1420
Author:Eldredge, L.G.
Date:1994
Title:Perspectives in Aquatic Exotic Species Management in the Pacific Islands. Vol. I. Introductions of commercially significant aquatic organisms to the Pacific Islands.
Publisher:South Pacific Commission, Noumea, New Caledonia.
Volume:1
Pages:127 pp
Reference 2
Ref. Number:689
Author:Devick, W.S.
Date:1991
Title:Disturbances and fluctuations in the Wahiawa Reservoir ecosystem. Project No. F-14-R-15, Job 4 Study I.
Publisher:Division of Aquatic Resources, Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources.
Pages:21 pp
Commentsa dense population appeared in 1990; may have arrived in the aquarium trade since similar looking shrimp are sold as fish food. could compete with the native atyid shrimp Atyoida bisulcata.
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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