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SUBMITTER: De Grave S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4373683 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
PloS one 20150325 3
We present the first global assessment of extinction risk for a major group of freshwater invertebrates, caridean shrimps. The risk of extinction for all 763 species was assessed using the IUCN Red List criteria that include geographic ranges, habitats, ecology and past and present threats. The Indo-Malayan region holds over half of global species diversity, with a peak in Indo-China and southern China. Shrimps primarily inhabit flowing water; however, a significant subterranean component is pre ...[more]