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Cherry shrimp

Neocaridina davidi (Bouvier, 1904)

Status not recordedcrustaceans

The cherry shrimp (Neocaridina davidi) is a species in the family Atyidae, order Decapoda.

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Quick facts about the cherry shrimp

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the cherry shrimp live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the cherry shrimp as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Germany
  2. Poland

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the cherry shrimp endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the cherry shrimp classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classMalacostraca
  4. orderDecapoda
  5. familyAtyidae
  6. genusNeocaridina
  7. SpeciesNeocaridina davidi (Bouvier, 1904)

Synonyms Caridina davidi, Caridina denticulata, Caridina denticulata sinensis, Neocaridina denticulata, Neocaridina denticulata davidi, Neocaridina denticulata koreana, Neocaridina denticulata luoyangensis, Neocaridina denticulata sinensis, Neocaridina heteropoda, Neocaridina heteropoda heteropoda, Neocaridina heteropoda koreana, Neocaridina heteropoda luoyangensis, Neocaridina koreana, Neocaridina luoyangensis

Other names and names in other languages (12)
  • Red cherry shrimpEnglish
  • روبيان الكرز الأحمرArabic
  • AlgengarneleGerman
  • シナヌマエビJapanese
  • VuurgarnaalDutch
  • 异足新米虾Chinese
  • GuppygarneleGerman
  • InvasionsgarneleGerman
  • RückenstrichgarneleGerman
  • TurniergarneleGerman
  • 異足新米蝦Chinese
  • 黑殼蝦Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the cherry shrimp

Other species in the same genus Neocaridina.

Pearl shrimp

Neocaridina zhangjiajiensis

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the cherry shrimp an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the cherry shrimp as introduced in 2 countries: Germany and Poland, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the cherry shrimp?

The cherry shrimp (Neocaridina davidi) belongs to the family Atyidae in the order Decapoda.

Sources and how to cite this page

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Cherry shrimp (Neocaridina davidi). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/cherry-shrimp

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BibTeX
@misc{cherry_shrimp_2026,
  title = {Cherry shrimp (Neocaridina davidi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/cherry-shrimp},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}