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===Freshwater crustaceans and snails=== [[File:Orange delight shrimp sulawesi.jpg|thumb|right|Orange delight shrimp (''[[Caridina loehae]]'') from Sulawesi.]] Many species of ''[[Caridina]]'' freshwater shrimp and [[Parathelphusidae|parathelphusid]] freshwater crabs (''[[Migmathelphusa]]'', ''[[Nautilothelphusa]]'', ''[[Parathelphusa]]'', ''[[Sundathelphusa]]'' and ''[[Syntripsa]]'') are endemic to Sulawesi.<ref name=shrimp>von Rintelen, K., and Y. Cai (2009). ''Radiation of endemic species flocks in ancient lakes: systematic revision of the freshwater shrimp Caridina H. Milne Edwards, 1837 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Atyidae) from the ancient lakes of Sulawesi, Indonesia, with the description of eight new species.'' Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 57: 343β452.</ref><ref name=crab>Chia, O.C.K. and P.K.L. Ng (2006). ''The freshwater crabs of Sulawesi, with descriptions of two new genera and four new species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Parathelphusidae).'' Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 54: 381β428.</ref> Several of these species have become very popular in the aquarium hobby, and since most are restricted to a single lake system, they are potentially vulnerable to [[habitat loss]] and [[overexploitation]].<ref name=shrimp/><ref name=crab/> There are also several endemic cave-adapted shrimp and crabs, especially in the Maros Karst. This includes ''[[Cancrocaeca xenomorpha]]'', which has been called the "most highly [[Troglobite|cave-adapted]] species of crab known in the world".<ref>Deharveng, L. , D. Guinot and P.K.L. Ng (2012). ''[http://www.arcbc.org.ph/arcbcweb/pdf/vol2no2/focus_false_spider_cave_crab.pdf False spider cave crab, (Cancrocaeca xenomorpha)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515170009/http://www.arcbc.org.ph/arcbcweb/pdf/vol2no2/focus_false_spider_cave_crab.pdf |date=15 May 2013 }}.'' ASEAN Regional Center for Biodiversity Conservation. Retrieved 13 November 2012.</ref> The genus ''[[Tylomelania]]'' of [[freshwater snail]]s is also endemic to Sulawesi, with the majority of the species restricted to [[Lake Poso]] and the Malili Lake system.<ref>von Rintelen , T., K. von Rintelen, and M. Glaubrecht (2010). ''The species flock of the viviparous freshwater gastropod Tylomelania (Mollusca: Cerithioidea: Pachychilidae) in the ancient lakes of Sulawesi, Indonesia: the role of geography, trophic morphology and color as driving forces in adaptive radiation.'' pp. 485β512 in: Glaubrecht, M., and H. Schneider, eds. (2010). Evolution in Action: Adaptive Radiations and the Origins of Biodiversity. Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany.</ref>
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