do shrimps cross breed?

[TyroneGenade]

Hello,

Has anyone experienced any hybridization between captive shrimps?

I have some wild Caradina africana and am curious to know if I can keep some cherry shrimps with them without them hybridizing?

Thanks

[lucasjiang]

caridina + caridina = will crossbreed
neocaridina + neocaridina = will crossbreed
neocaridina + caridina = will not crossbreed

[slypower50]

in general, same gene then they are able to crossbreed.. do a search on this forum and you should see quite a few article..

[Aria]

Hello,

Has anyone experienced any hybridization between captive shrimps?

I have some wild Caradina africana and am curious to know if I can keep some cherry shrimps with them without them hybridizing?

Thanks

Hi
They will not hybridise

Btw I've not come across Caradina africana. Would be great if you could share some pix of your shrimp

[TyroneGenade]

Hello,

Thanks for the replies.

I will try dig up some pictures of my shrimps. I know I have them some where...

[wklotz]

Hi all!

caridina + caridina = will crossbreed
neocaridina + neocaridina = will crossbreed
neocaridina + caridina = will not crossbreed

That´s quite too simple on my opinion ;-)

First of all genus Caridina is not monophyletic. Will mean, not all species asigned to this genus are really closely allied to each other. Some species of Caridina (e.g. members of the C. serrata species group) are more close to the genus Neocaridina than to other Caridina (like C. africana).
C. africana belongs to the C. nilotica species group and most probably will not interbreed with most of the Caridina sold in aquarium trade.

Regards
Werner