Thursday, February 7, 2008

List of freshwater aquarium invertebrate species

Invertebrates are commonly introduced into freshwater aquaria. There are several snail species, numerous shrimps, and crayfish that are found in aquaria. Some of these species are:

Shrimp
Atyopsis moluccensis, Bamboo Shrimp
Caridina cf. babaulti, green midget shrimp
Caridina gracilirostris, redfronted shrimp
Caridina cf. gracilirostris, white-nose Shrimp
Caridina multidentata, Amano shrimp
Caridina cf. cantonensis, bee shrimp , crystal red shrimp, tiger shrimp
Caridina solearipes,
Caridina brevifrons,
Caridina sp., black midget shrimp
Caridina serratirostris, Ninja Shrimp
Caridina palmata,
Caridina solearipes,
Macrobrachium lar','
Neocaridina heteropoda,
Neocaridina heteropoda var. yellow, Yellow shrimp
Neocaridina denticulata sinensis, Red Cherry shrimp
Neocaridina cf. zhangjiajiensis var. white, Snowball shrimp
Palaeomonetes sp., ghost (glass, grass) shrimp

Crayfish
Procambarus alleni
Procambarus species
Cambarellus montezuema
Cambarellus shufeldtii

Snails
Asolene spixi (apple snail)
Corbicula fluminea (Asian clam)
Marisa cornuarietis (apple snail)
Planorbis species
Pomacea bridgesii (apple snail)
Pomacea canaliculata (apple snail)

Branchiopods
Artemia, brine shrimp
Triops longicaudatus longtail tadpole shrimp

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