All Shades of Shrimp: Preferences of Colour Morphs of a Freshwater Shrimp <i>Neocaridina davidi</i> (Decapoda, Atyidae) for Substrata of Different Colouration
An ornamental freshwater shrimp, <i>Neocaridina davidi</i>, is popular as an aquarium hobby and, therefore, a potentially invasive species. There is a growing need for proper management of this species to determine not only their optimum breeding conditions, but also their ability to col...
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| description | An ornamental freshwater shrimp, <i>Neocaridina davidi</i>, is popular as an aquarium hobby and, therefore, a potentially invasive species. There is a growing need for proper management of this species to determine not only their optimum breeding conditions, but also their ability to colonise novel environments. We tested habitat preferences of colour morphs (brown, red, white) of <i>N. davidi</i> for substratum colour (black, white, grey shades, red) and fine or coarse chess-board patterns to recognise their suitable captivity conditions and predict their distribution after potential release into nature. We conducted laboratory choice experiments (<i>n</i> = 8) with three individuals of the same morph exposed for two hours to a range of backgrounds. Shrimp preferred dark backgrounds over light ones irrespective of their own colouration and its match with the background colour. Moreover, the brown and red morphs, in contrast to the white morph, preferred the coarse background pattern over the finer pattern. This suggests that the presence of dark, uniform substrata (e.g., rocks, macrophytes) will favour <i>N. davidi</i>. Nevertheless, the polymorphism of the species has little effect on its total niche breadth, and thus its invasive potential. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c02bd5e95872408f881e60904be3b97e2023-11-21T14:54:54ZengMDPI AGAnimals2076-26152021-04-01114107110.3390/ani11041071All Shades of Shrimp: Preferences of Colour Morphs of a Freshwater Shrimp <i>Neocaridina davidi</i> (Decapoda, Atyidae) for Substrata of Different ColourationZuzanna Plichta0Jarosław Kobak1Rafał Maciaszek2Tomasz Kakareko3Department of Ecology and Biogeography, Faculty of Biological and Veterinary Sciences, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Lwowska 1, 87-100 Toruń, PolandDepartment of Invertebrate Zoology and Parasitology, Faculty of Biological and Veterinary Sciences, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Lwowska 1, 87-100 Toruń, PolandDepartment of Animal Genetics and Conservation, Institute of Animal Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Ciszewskiego 8, 02-786 Warsaw, PolandDepartment of Ecology and Biogeography, Faculty of Biological and Veterinary Sciences, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Lwowska 1, 87-100 Toruń, PolandAn ornamental freshwater shrimp, <i>Neocaridina davidi</i>, is popular as an aquarium hobby and, therefore, a potentially invasive species. There is a growing need for proper management of this species to determine not only their optimum breeding conditions, but also their ability to colonise novel environments. We tested habitat preferences of colour morphs (brown, red, white) of <i>N. davidi</i> for substratum colour (black, white, grey shades, red) and fine or coarse chess-board patterns to recognise their suitable captivity conditions and predict their distribution after potential release into nature. We conducted laboratory choice experiments (<i>n</i> = 8) with three individuals of the same morph exposed for two hours to a range of backgrounds. Shrimp preferred dark backgrounds over light ones irrespective of their own colouration and its match with the background colour. Moreover, the brown and red morphs, in contrast to the white morph, preferred the coarse background pattern over the finer pattern. This suggests that the presence of dark, uniform substrata (e.g., rocks, macrophytes) will favour <i>N. davidi</i>. Nevertheless, the polymorphism of the species has little effect on its total niche breadth, and thus its invasive potential.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/11/4/1071alien speciesEucarideaCrustaceapolymorphismornamental speciesaquarium trade |
| spellingShingle | Zuzanna Plichta Jarosław Kobak Rafał Maciaszek Tomasz Kakareko All Shades of Shrimp: Preferences of Colour Morphs of a Freshwater Shrimp <i>Neocaridina davidi</i> (Decapoda, Atyidae) for Substrata of Different Colouration Animals alien species Eucaridea Crustacea polymorphism ornamental species aquarium trade |
| title | All Shades of Shrimp: Preferences of Colour Morphs of a Freshwater Shrimp <i>Neocaridina davidi</i> (Decapoda, Atyidae) for Substrata of Different Colouration |
| title_full | All Shades of Shrimp: Preferences of Colour Morphs of a Freshwater Shrimp <i>Neocaridina davidi</i> (Decapoda, Atyidae) for Substrata of Different Colouration |
| title_fullStr | All Shades of Shrimp: Preferences of Colour Morphs of a Freshwater Shrimp <i>Neocaridina davidi</i> (Decapoda, Atyidae) for Substrata of Different Colouration |
| title_full_unstemmed | All Shades of Shrimp: Preferences of Colour Morphs of a Freshwater Shrimp <i>Neocaridina davidi</i> (Decapoda, Atyidae) for Substrata of Different Colouration |
| title_short | All Shades of Shrimp: Preferences of Colour Morphs of a Freshwater Shrimp <i>Neocaridina davidi</i> (Decapoda, Atyidae) for Substrata of Different Colouration |
| title_sort | all shades of shrimp preferences of colour morphs of a freshwater shrimp i neocaridina davidi i decapoda atyidae for substrata of different colouration |
| topic | alien species Eucaridea Crustacea polymorphism ornamental species aquarium trade |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/11/4/1071 |
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