[2] These shrimp are scavengers, and eat small pieces of decayed vegetation and algae.

The eggs are carried underneath the female's abdomen and uses the pleopods to maintain a continuous circulation of water.

[2][10] The duration the female carries the eggs before they hatch is linked to water temperature.

Extended high water temperatures result in higher juvenile and adult mortality, and less egg survivability.

[11] The tree below is summarized from their analysis: C. cantonensis C. mariae C. serrata C. tetrazona C. trifasciata C. lanceifrons C. zhujiangensis C. huananensis