Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Q10518116 (Caridina woltereckae), recorded as Critically Endangered
Q10518116 (Caridina woltereckae). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Critically Endangered

Q10518116

Caridina woltereckae

Q10518116 is endemic to Lake Towuti.

Status
Critically Endangered
Scientific name
Caridina woltereckae
Taxonomy
Malacostraca · Decapoda · Atyidae · Caridina

Appearance

It resembles the smaller and less contrastingly coloured Caridina spongicola, that is endemic to the same lake.

Range and habitat

It is endemic to Lake Towuti.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Habits

Freshwater crayfishes and crabs walk the bed. Dams, silt, and introduced species cut a drainage into fragments they cannot cross.

Crayfishes and crabs need cover and clean water. A named form from one creek is not interchangeable with the next drainage.

In crisis

It is currently under threat by introduced species like the flowerhorn cichlid, pollution by the human activities and nickel mining and uncontrolled harvesting for the aquarium trade.

Q10518116 is Critically Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Q10518116, Wikidata item Q10518116. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

Same genus

Photograph of Caridina glaubrechti (Caridina glaubrechti), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Caridina glaubrechti

Caridina glaubrechti
Photograph of Caridina linduensis (Caridina linduensis), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Caridina linduensis

Caridina linduensis
Photograph of Caridina loehae (Caridina loehae), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Caridina loehae

Caridina loehae
Photograph of Caridina profundicola (Caridina profundicola), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Caridina profundicola

Caridina profundicola

Quick answers

What is Q10518116?
It is endemic to Lake Towuti.
What is the conservation status of Q10518116?
Critically Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Caridina woltereckae. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Q10518116 live?
It is endemic to Lake Towuti.
Why is Q10518116 in crisis?
It is currently under threat by introduced species like the flowerhorn cichlid, pollution by the human activities and nickel mining and uncontrolled harvesting for the aquarium trade.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Caridina woltereckae?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Q10518116 a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.